STS093-705-063 - STS-093 - View of the Chandra Observatory during its deployment from Columbia PLB
Summary
The original finding aid described this as:
Description: View (dark) of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (AXAF) being deployed from the payload bay (PLB) of the Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS-93 mission. In the background, the Earth's day/night terminator line at sunset can be seen.
Subject Terms: STS-93 COLUMBIA (ORBITER) EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) EARTH LIMB PAYLOAD BAY DEPLOYMENT X RAY TELESCOPES
Date Taken: 7/23/1999
Categories: Payloads
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Element: Shuttle Payload Bay
Original: Film - 70MM CT
Preservation File Format: TIFF
geon: ATMOSPHERIC LIMB
feat: ATMOSPHERIC LIMB,SHUTTLE
tilt: High Oblique
nlat: 16.3
nlon: 133.2
dir: W
azi: 294
alt: 153
elev: -10
STS-93
Tags
Date
1999
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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