S35-28-006 - STS-035 - STS-35 ASTRO-1 in OV-102's payload bay silhouetted against RCS firing
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Description: STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) telescopes, in onorbit operating position in the payload bay (PLB), are silhouetted against an reaction control system (RCS) right thruster firing. Three ultraviolet telescopes are mounted and precisely co-aligned on a common structure, called the cruciform, that is attached to the instrument pointing system (IPS). Here the IPS holds the telescopes in a position that is parallel to the Earth's limb below. Visible on the cruciform are the star tracker (S TRK) (silver cone at the top), the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) (behind S TRK), and the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT). This image was selected by the Public Affairs Office (PAO) for public release.
Subject Terms: STS-35, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), ASTRO MISSIONS (STS), EARTH LIMB, FIRING (IGNITING), INSTRUMENT ORIENTATION, ORBIT MANEUVERING ENGINE (SPACE SHUTTLE), PAYLOADS, POSITIONING, SPACEBORNE ASTRONOMY, THRUST CONTROL, ULTRAVIOLET TELESCOPES
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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