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...problems, Lousma and his sidekick, Air Force Colonel C. Gordon Fullerton, 45, a space rookie, tackled their assignments with gusto, so much in fact that they suffered from fatigue during the first few days. But they bounced back after getting extra sleep and rearranging their work schedule. Their biggest challenge was operating a Canadian-built, remote-controlled arm that reached 50 ft. outside the shuttle. When the TV camera at the far end of the arm malfunctioned, the astronauts skillfully used binoculars to guide the giant limb, even getting it to lift an experimental package out of Columbia...
...mission was another NASA television spectacular, and Lousma and Fullerton shone as showmen. As Fullerton pointed his TV camera at such scenes as Arizona's Painted Desert and the snowcapped Rockies during one pass over the U.S., Lousma exulted, "This good old America, from sea to shining sea in just twelve minutes. It really is America the beautiful...
...Fullerton began guiding the remote-controlled arm, essential for retrieving satellites in the future, through various maneuvers, extending it and flexing its joints, only to discover that a TV camera on its "wrist" had failed. Another camera at the rear of the cargo bay succumbed as well. Even so, the remaining camera at the arm's "elbow" was providing clear pictures, including shots of the nose showing where tiles had been damaged or lost. While reviewing films of the launch, technicians discovered that still other tiles had fallen off the top surface of the shuttle's big body...
...Herring Fullerton, Calif...
...mission--to produce the nation's army officers--is much the same as it was when it began. And although a woman cadet in undershirt and trousers remarks that the full-dress parade she has just marched in was "a pain in the ass," few question the traditions. Fullerton puts on the plume that marks the second lieutenant rank he holds in the United States Army and straightens his coat for the parade. "We were all civilians once, too," he says. "It's not as hard as it looks." Another cadet who has less than a year to go says...