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51F-43-054 - STS-51F - View of the aft section of the payload bay of Challenger

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Description: Photographic documentation showing the aft section of the orbiter Challenger's payload bay during STS-51F. The rounded white object near the vertical stabilizer is the Elemental Composition and Energy Spectra of Cosmic Ray Nuclei experiment. The cylinder in front of it is part of the Small Helium-Cooled Infrared (IR) Telescope. The distant Moon is visible in the background.

Subject Terms: COSMIC RAYS, NUCLEI (NUCLEAR PHYSICS), RADIATION, PAYLOADS, PAYLOAD BAY, SPACELAB, SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS, SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 51-F, CHALLENGER (ORBITER)

Date Taken: 8/2/1985 0:00

Categories: Shuttle Configuration

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Element: Shuttle Payload Bay

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

feat: CARGO BAY, MOON

nlat: -44

nlon: -123.9

azi: 51

alt: 173

elev: 11

STS-51F

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section payload bay challenger space shuttle view nasa spaceborne experiments sts 51 f challenger high resolution ultra high resolution sts 51 f shuttle payload bay cosmic ray nuclei experiment cargo bay payloads moon space shuttle mission cosmic rays shuttle configuration elemental composition orbiter element energy spectra nuclei nuclear physics space program 1980 s space astronauts space station us national archives
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1985
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label_outline Explore Nuclei, Nuclear Physics, Cosmic Rays

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section payload bay challenger space shuttle view nasa spaceborne experiments sts 51 f challenger high resolution ultra high resolution sts 51 f shuttle payload bay cosmic ray nuclei experiment cargo bay payloads moon space shuttle mission cosmic rays shuttle configuration elemental composition orbiter element energy spectra nuclei nuclear physics space program 1980 s space astronauts space station us national archives