S43-27-025 - STS-043 - A view of the OCTW optical coupler on OV-104's aft flight deck window W9

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: A view of Optical Communication Through the shuttle Window (OCTW) experiment's optical coupler with a fiber optic cable which is positioned on window W9 on the aft flight deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, during the STS-43 mission. The payload bay is visible through the window.

Subject Terms: STS-43, ATLANTIS (ORBITER), FLIGHT DECK, ONBOARD ACTIVITIES, WINDOWS, FIBER OPTICS, SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS, COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, PAYLOAD BAY

Categories: Flight Station

Interior_Exterior: Interior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Element: Shuttle Flight Deck

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-43