Group 14, 1992 Astronaut Class, survival training at Fairchild AFB

S92-46167 (16-20 Aug. 1992) --- Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, one of 19 astronaut candidates announced in March, fashions a shelter from wood and parachute material. He was taking in a four-day wilderness survival training course at Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington. Lopez-Alegria and his class mates had reported to the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, for initial training and evaluation earlier this month. EDITOR?S NOTE: Lopez-Alegria has been named fly aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia for the STS-73 mission, scheduled for 1995