41B-02-053 - STS-41B - Earth limb and payload bay

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: The orbiter tail points to the earth limb. Visible in the payload bay is the protective cover and cradle of the Westar IV satellite, the Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01A), and the stowed remote manipulator system (RMS) arm with gold foil covered television camera on the elbow. The edges of the aft flight deck window is visible in the frames. Alternate numbers (order negatives by S-number): S90-25038 (41B-02-053).

Subject Terms: STS-41B, CHALLENGER (ORBITER), PAYLOAD BAY, EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), EARTH LIMB, CLOUDS

Date Taken: 5/11/1995

Categories: Payload Bay

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Element: Shuttle Payload Bay

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF

STS-41B

earth limb earth limb nasa view of earth from space sts 41 b challenger payload bay remote manipulator system flight deck high resolution shuttle payload bay sts 41 b earth observations shuttle pallet satellite tiff sts 41 b orbiter tail points westar iv satellite flight deck window orbiter manipulator system gold foil television camera alternate numbers order negatives

1995

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