STS053-98-021 - STS-053 - Earth observations
Summary
The original finding aid described this as:
Description: Photographic documentation showing earth observations taken during the STS-53 mission from the space shuttle Discovery. scenic moonrise scene was taken over the Coastal Mountain Range, British Columbia (56.0N, 135W) and shows the moon at the day/night terminator. The moon appears as a tiny dot on the earth limb, partially intersected by the thin blue line of airglow (093).
Subject Terms: STS-53, EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), DISCOVERY (ORBITER)
Date Taken: 12/5/1992 0:00
Original: Film
Preservation File Format: TIFF
geon: SAUDI ARABIA
feat: SULAYEL AREA, PIVOT IRR.
lat: 20.5
lon: 45.5
tilt: 28
cldp: 0
nlat: 20.1
nlon: 47
dir: W
azi: 243
alt: 177
elev: 7
STS-53
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Tags
nasa
british columbia
earth observations
sts 53 discovery
space shuttle columbia
view of earth from space
sts 53
earth limb
moon
sts 53 mission
space shuttle
coastal mountain range
space
moonrise scene
night terminator
saudi arabia
sulayel area
Date
1992
Source
The U.S. National Archives
Link
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