Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
LDEF Return to KSC
Full Description:
Suspended above the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia, the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) is monitored by technicians during its move from the Space Shuttle to a transportation canister. LDEF, with 57 experiments, spent almost six years in space before being retrieved by the STS-32 crew in January 1990.
Date:
1/30/1990
NASA Center:
Kennedy Space Center
Subject Category:
Space Shuttle
Keywords:
Facility
Keywords:
Columbia
Keywords:
STS-32
Keywords:
Long
Keywords:
Duration
Keywords:
Exposure
Keywords:
LDEF
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what:
Columbia
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_when:
January 1990
facet_when:
1-30-1990
facet_when_year:
1990
Image #:
90PC-0098
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 0676
Center:
KSC
Center Number:
90PC-0098
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000676
Creator-Photographer:
NA
Original Source:
DIGITAL

LDEF Return to KSC