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Guy DuMont
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posted 09-29-2022 06:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Guy DuMont   Click Here to Email Guy DuMont     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Appreciate any help in figuring out exactly what this is...

Jim Behling
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posted 10-03-2022 09:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jim Behling   Click Here to Email Jim Behling     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It was used to remove modules during EVA from an MMS type spacecraft.

Guy DuMont
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posted 10-03-2022 12:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Guy DuMont   Click Here to Email Guy DuMont     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks Jim, appreciate the information, this being a mock-up, would you know where I could find a picture of the actual tool?

Guy DuMont
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posted 10-03-2022 05:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Guy DuMont   Click Here to Email Guy DuMont     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This mock-up was manufactured and two were flown on STS 41-C and used to repair the Solar Maximum mission.

References were found on page 215-216 of the EVA Tools and Equipment Reference Book. Picture shows service tool being used during the EVA.

sts205cdr
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posted 10-03-2022 05:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for sts205cdr   Click Here to Email sts205cdr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Didn't they nickname it the Stinger?

hoorenz
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posted 10-03-2022 06:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for hoorenz   Click Here to Email hoorenz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You are probably mistaking this tool for the device that was used to capture SMM on 41C - which was called TPAD.

"Stinger" was used during STS-51A to berth Westar and Palapa.

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posted 10-10-2022 12:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Headshot   Click Here to Email Headshot     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
NASA image S13-22-0902 shows James van Hoften using the flight version of this device on the Solar Maximum Satellite during Mission 41-C.

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