51F-43-055 - 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: -43.5
nlon: -122.7
azi: 50
alt: 173
elev: 12
STS-51F
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