S08-03-075 - STS-008 - RMS / PFTA operations using grapple fixture number (no.) 2
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Description: Remote manipulator system (RMS) end effector grapples Payload Flight Test Article (PFTA) using grapple fixture number (no.) 2 on aft screen support structure for: Single and Manual Control System Evaluation; RMS / Primary Reaction Control System (PRCS) Interaction and Large Space Structure (LSS) Damping Test; Single Joint Control System Evaluation; Manual Augmented Control Evaluation; RMS/PRCS Interaction Test; Orbiter Longeron Stiffness Test; LSS Vibration Damping Test. Views taken from aft flight deck overhead windows show PFTA in W7 and RMS elbow pitch joint in W8.
Subject Terms: ONBOARD ACTIVITIES, PAYLOAD BAY, SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS, WINDOWS, STS-8 REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM, PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, CHALLENGER (ORBITER)
Date Taken: 8/31/1983
Categories: Payload Bay
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Element: Shuttle Payload Bay
Original: Film - 35MM CN
Preservation File Format: TIFF
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