41B-20-752 - STS-41B - View of the Challenger from the fixed camera in McCandless's helmet

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Description: A fixed camera on Astronaut Bruce McCandless's helmet recorded these scenes of the shuttle Challenger as he drew back from the payload bay. A greater portion of the shuttls is visible showing the sunshields for the Palapa B2 and Westar VI satellites, support stations for the two Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) back-packs, getaway special (GAS) canisters and Astronaut Robert L. Stewart at manipulator foot restraint station between SPAS and Westar VI sunshield. Alternate numbering (order negatives by S-number): S84-28535 (41B-20-752)

Subject Terms: STS-41B, CHALLENGER (ORBITER), ASTRONAUTS, PAYLOAD BAY, EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), EARTH LIMB, REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM, EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY

Date Taken: 2/7/1984

Categories: Shuttle Configuration

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Element: Shuttle Payload Bay

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF

STS-41B

challenger camera mccandless helmet astronauts space shuttle view nasa view of earth from space sts 41 b challenger payload bay remote manipulator system high resolution shuttle payload bay sts 41 b shuttle challenger westar vi sunshield manipulator foot restraint station shuttle configuration westar vi satellites tiff sts 41 b astronaut robert shuttls support stations earth observations earth limb space shuttle us national archives

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