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Astro 1 In Orbit
Title Astro 1 In Orbit
Explanation In December of 1990, the Space Shuttle Columbia [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950808.html ] carried an array of astronomical telescopes [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/STS35/10063952.htm ] high above the Earth's obscuring atmosphere to observe the Universe at ultraviolet and x-ray wavelengths. The telescopes, known by the acronyms UIT [ http://fondue.gsfc.nasa.gov/UIT/UIT_HomePage.html ], HUT [ http://praxis.pha.jhu.edu/hut.html ], WUPPE [ http://www.sal.wisc.edu/WUPPE/ ], and BBXRT [ http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/bbxrt/bbxrt_menu.html ], are seen here in Columbia's [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/columbia.html ] payload bay against a spectacular view of the constellation Orion. The ultraviolet telescopes [ http://praxis.pha.jhu.edu/instruments/instruments.html ] were mounted on a common structure - HUT is visible in this view along with a star tracker (the silver cone at the left). The mission studied solar system, galactic, and extra-galactic sources [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960409.html ].
Astro 1 In Orbit
Title Astro 1 In Orbit
Explanation In December of 1990, the Space Shuttle Columbia [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950808.html ] carried an array of astronomical telescopes [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/STS35/10063952.htm ] high above the Earth's obscuring atmosphere to observe the Universe at ultraviolet and x-ray wavelengths. The telescopes, known by the acronyms UIT [ http://fondue.gsfc.nasa.gov/UIT/UIT_HomePage.html ], HUT [ http://praxis.pha.jhu.edu/hut.html ], WUPPE [ http://www.sal.wisc.edu/WUPPE/ ], and BBXRT [ http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/bbxrt/bbxrt_menu.html ], are seen here in Columbia's [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/columbia.html ] payload bay against a spectacular view of the constellation Orion [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap961202.html ]. The ultraviolet telescopes [ http://praxis.pha.jhu.edu/instruments/instruments.html ] were mounted on a common structure - HUT is visible in this view along with a star tracker (the silver cone at the left). The mission studied solar system, galactic, and extra-galactic sources [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960409.html ].
Astro 1 In Orbit
Title Astro 1 In Orbit
Explanation In December of 1990, the Space Shuttle Columbia [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap961110.html ] carried an array of astronomical telescopes [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/STS35/10063952.htm ] high above the Earth's obscuring atmosphere to observe the Universe [ http://trifle.gsfc.nasa.gov/UIT/Astro1/Astro1_pictures.html ] at ultraviolet and x-ray wavelengths. The telescopes, known by the acronyms UIT [ http://trifle.gsfc.nasa.gov/UIT/UIT_HomePage.html ], HUT [ http://praxis.pha.jhu.edu/hut.html ], WUPPE [ http://www.sal.wisc.edu/WUPPE/ ], and BBXRT [ http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/bbxrt/bbxrt_menu.html ], are seen here in Columbia's [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/columbia.html ] payload bay against a spectacular view of the constellation Orion [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap961202.html ]. The ultraviolet telescopes [ http://praxis.pha.jhu.edu/instruments/instruments.html ] were mounted on a common structure - HUT is visible in this view along with a star tracker (the silver cone at the left). The mission studied solar system, galactic, and extra-galactic sources [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980314.html ].
Astro 1 In Orbit
Title Astro 1 In Orbit
Explanation Fifteen years ago, in December of 1990, the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia [ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/ orbiters/orbiterscol.html ] carried an array of astronomical telescopes [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/ caption_direct.jsp?photoId=STS035-28-022 ] high above the Earth's obscuring atmosphere to explore the Universe at [ http://archive.stsci.edu/uit/project/Astro1/ Astro1_pictures.html ] ultraviolet and x-ray wavelengths. The telescopes, known by the acronyms UIT [ http://archive.stsci.edu/uit/project/ ], HUT [ http://praxis.pha.jhu.edu/hut.html ], WUPPE [ http://www.sal.wisc.edu/WUPPE/ ], and BBXRT [ http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/bbxrt/bbxrt_about.html ], are seen here in Columbia's payload bay against a spectacular view of the constellation Orion [ http://www.gb.nrao.edu/~rmaddale/Education/OrionTourCenter/ index.html ]. The ultraviolet telescopes [ http://praxis.pha.jhu.edu/instruments/ instruments.html ] were mounted on a common structure - HUT is visible in this view along with a star tracker (the silver cone at the left). Taken during the nighttime [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap981217.html ] portion of the shuttle's 90 minute orbit, the picture shows the telescopes and structures illuminated by moonlight [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020921.html ].
Inflight activites of Young …
Title Inflight activites of Young and Crippen in the cockpit and middeck STS-1
Description Inflight activites of Young and Crippen in the cockpit and middeck areas during the STS-1 mission. Commander John W. Young mans the commander's station in the Columbia. A loose leaf notebook with flight activites data floats in the weightless environment (30419), Pilot Robert L. Crippen takes advantage of zero gravity to do some aerobics in the mid-deck area (30420), Young shaves his face in the mid-deck area. Food tray is mounted to the locker door at center (30421), Young cleans off his razor after shaving (30422), Crippen floats in zero gravity inside the orbiter. Clouds over the earth can be seen through the spacecraft's top viewing windows. Back side of the commander and pilot's seats can be seen at lower portion of the frame (30423).
Date 04.15.1981
General Description STS-87 Shuttle Mission Imagery
STS-52 PS MacLean, backup PS …
Title STS-52 PS MacLean, backup PS Tryggvason, and PI pose on JSC's CCT flight deck
Description STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Canadian Payload Specialist (PS) Steven G. MacLean (left) and backup Payload Specialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason (right) take a break from a camera training session in JSC's Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT). The two Canadian Space Agency (CSA) representatives pose on the CCT's aft flight deck with Canadian scientist David Zimick, the principal investigator (PI) for the materials experiment in low earth orbit (MELEO). MELEO is a component of the CANEX-2 experiment package, manifest to fly on the scheduled October 1992 STS-52 mission. The CCT is part of the shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE.
Date Taken 1992-08-06
STS-52 Payload Specialist Ma …
Title STS-52 Payload Specialist MacLean during camera training at JSC's MAIL
Description STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Canadian Payload Specialist Steven G. MacLean practices using a camera for the Earth observations portion of his scheduled October spaceflight. MacLean, standing on the aft flight deck, points a HASSELBLAD camera out overhead window W8 during the training session in JSC's Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT). The CCT is part of the shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE. MacLean represents the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Date Taken 1992-08-06
STS-52 Payload Specialist Ma …
Title STS-52 Payload Specialist MacLean and backup Tryggvason during JSC training
Description STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Canadian Payload Specialist Steven G. MacLean (left) adjusts the HASSELBLAD lens setting as backup Payload Specialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason looks on. The two Canadian Space Agency (CSA) representatives used various cameras on the aft flight deck of JSC's Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) in order to prepare them for the Earth observations portion of the scheduled October spaceflight. The CCT is part of the shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE.
Date Taken 1992-08-06
STS-52 backup Payload Specia …
Title STS-52 backup Payload Specialist Tryggvason uses camera during JSC training
Description STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, backup Payload Specialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason points a HASSELBLAD camera out aft flight deck overhead window W7 during camera training in JSC's Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT). The training session familiarized Tryggvason with camera operation for the Earth observations portion of the scheduled October spaceflight. The CCT is part of the shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE. Tryggvason is from Iceland and represents the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Date Taken 1992-08-06
Washington, D.C. and the Bal …
Title Washington, D.C. and the Baltimore, Maryland area
Description A vertical view of the Washington, D.C. and the Baltimore, Maryland area is seen in this Skylab 3 Earth Resources Experiments Package S190-B (five-inch earth terrain camera) photograph taken from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. The Chesapeake Bay is on the right (east) side of the picture. The Potomac River flows through the Washington area in the lower left (southwest) corner of the photograph. Several transportation routes and major highways stand out distinctly. Identifiable features in the Washington area include the Capitol Building, the Mall area, Robert F. Kennedy Stadium (white circle), the five bridges across the Potomac, Andrews Air Force Base (on east loop), and the smaller Anacostia River. Chesapeake Bay circulation patterns are indicated by contrast of dark and light blue. Sediment plumes (red) are seen entering the bay north and east of Baltimore. The bay bridge stands out white against the blue water.
Date Taken 1973-08-15
Pilot Crippen eats rehydrate …
Title Pilot Crippen eats rehydrated food at aft flight deck onorbit station
Description Pilot Crippen prepares to open rehydrated food packages while grasping spoon. The Earth's surface appears in the aft flight deck overhead windows W7 and W8. These windows are the ones through which a number of Earth scenes were photographed with a 70mm camera by crewmembers. Clouds over water can be seen through them. Just inches away from the top windows, not quite so obvious at top of frame (if held horizontally) are the two aft cabin windows (W9 and W10) through which the crew viewed the payload bay (PLB) and the aft end of the craft, including the orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods. Commander Young took this photo with a 35mm camera.
Date Taken 1981-04-14
View of the Columbia's open …
Title View of the Columbia's open payload bay and the Canadian RMS
Description Photograph of the Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-2 flight. Clouds over the earth and a black sky form a backdrop for this photograph taken through the aft flight deck windows viewing the payload bay. Part of the Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (OSTA-1) pallet is visible in the open cargo bay. Above it can be seen the arm of the Canadian built remote manipulator system (RMS).
Date Taken 1981-11-13
View of STS-1 payload bay an …
Title View of STS-1 payload bay and aft section
Description Cargo bay and aft section of the Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia photographed through the flight deck's aft windows. In the lower right corner is one of the vehicle's radiator panels. Some of the thermal tiles are missing from the orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods which flank the vertical stabilizer at left edge of the photograph. A collection of possible support equipment is housed in the box-like devices (lower left) known as the development flight instrument pallet. The pentagon-shaped glare at upper left is caused by window reflection.
Date Taken 1981-04-13
View of the Columbia's remot …
Title View of the Columbia's remote manipulator system
Description This the aft section of the Earth-orbiting Columbia's cargo bay and the remote manipulator system (RMS) moving the plasma diagnostics package (PDP) was photographed through the flight-deck's aft windows during the STS-3 flight. Visible at the lower left of the photo are the twin orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods. The vertical stabilizer or tail splits the top part of the image in half. The RMS, with its camera attached to the wrist, is aimed in the direction of the dark payload bay.
Date Taken 1982-03-30
View of the Columbia's open …
Title View of the Columbia's open payload bay
Description This clear view of the aft section of the Earth-orbiting Columbia's cargo bay and some of its cargo was photographed through the flight-deck's aft windows. Visible in the center of the photo are the twin orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods. The vertical stabilizer or tail splits the top part of the image in half. The Induced Environment Contamination Monitor (IECM) Location experiment is located in the back center of the cargo bay, near the top. There is a grapple fixture attached to the side of the IECM. Various components of the Office of Space Terrestrial Applications (OSTA-1) payload are seen near the aft section of the cargo bay, such as the Feature Identification and Location Experiment (FILE) (the long cone shaped object on the right back), the Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer (SMIRR) (on pallet base) and the SIR-A recorder in the right forground. In the left foreground the Shuttle Imaging Radar-A (SIR-A) antenna can be seen.
Date Taken 1981-11-13
Closeups of IECM grappled by …
Title Closeups of IECM grappled by RMS and positioned above payload bay (PLB)
Description Closeup view of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)-developed Induced Environment Contamination Monitor (IECM), a multi-instrument box designed to check for contaminants in and around the Space Shuttle orbiter payload bay (PLB) which might adversely affect delicate experiments onboard. The crew maneuvered the Canadian-built robot arm, called the remote manipulator system (RMS), very near their overhead flight deck windows and captured this scene with a 35mm camera. Cameras for the 11 instruments are the black circles. The access door to the arm and safe plug is located about halfway up the side of the box. A cascade injector device appears next to access door. The rectangular opening at center of the box is the optical effects module. Mass spectrometer is in one corner with air sampler bottles at the opposite corner. The colorful rectangle is the passive array. Not easily seen but also a part of the instrument, are Cryogenic Quartz Crystal Microbalance (CQCM) and the temperature co
Date Taken 1982-07-04
Commander Mattingly tangles …
Title Commander Mattingly tangles with NOSL experiment on aft flight deck
Description Commander Mattingly uses Nighttime / Daytime Optical Survey of Lightning (NOSL) experiment on aft flight deck. Cables connecting the data recorder to 16mm data aquisition camera (DAC), electronic package, and optical sensor package become tangled as Mattingly points NOSL instrument out overhead aft flight deck window. His cap is also lost amidst the maze of wiring, tape recorder, and camera equipment onboard the Earth-orbiting Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102.
Date Taken 1982-07-04
Mission Specialist (MS) Leno …
Title Mission Specialist (MS) Lenoir at aft flight deck with HASSELBLAD camera
Description Mission Specialist (MS) Lenoir, holding 70mm HASSELBLAD camera, observes scenery through viewing window on aft flight deck onorbit station. Window W7 appears overhead. Lenoir prepares to shoot Earth-looking scenes through window above his head.
Date Taken 1982-11-16
Astronaut Young at the comma …
Title Astronaut Young at the commander's station
Description Astronaut John W. Young, crew commander, takes notes in the commander's station on the flight deck of the Columbia. The cathode ray tube (CRT) among the forward panels diplays the orbiter's position in relation to the Earth on its monitor.
Date Taken 1983-11-28
STS-28 Columbia, OV-102, MS …
Title STS-28 Columbia, OV-102, MS Brown uses ARRIFLEX camera on aft flight deck
Description Mission Specialist Mark N. Brown, holding ARRIFLEX 16mm motion picture camera in front of aft flight deck viewing window W10, pauses from a motion-picture photography session. Overhead window W8 appears above Brown and aft viewing window W9 behind him. The horizon of the blue and white appearing Earth and its airglow are visible through the aft viewing windows.
Date Taken 1989-08-13
STS-32 photo survey of LDEF …
Title STS-32 photo survey of LDEF includes closeup of experiment tray
Description STS-32 onboard view shows one of many individual trays on the twelve-sided bus-sized Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF). This is the space end of LDEF, which spent 5 1/2 years in Earth orbit before STS-32 retrieval. In the center is the experiment titled "Heavy Ions in Space" and was designed by the Laboratory for Cosmic Ray Physics at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C.
Date Taken 1990-01-20
STS-32 photographic equipmen …
Title STS-32 photographic equipment (cameras,lenses,film magazines) on flight deck
Description STS-32 photographic equipment is displayed on the aft flight deck of Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. On the payload station are a dual camera mount with two handheld HASSELBLAD cameras, camera lenses, and film magazines. This array of equipment will be used to record onboard activities and observations of the Earth's surface.
Date Taken 1990-01-20
LDEF grappled by remote mani …
Title LDEF grappled by remote manipulator system (RMS) during STS-32 retrieval
Description This view taken through overhead window W7 on Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, aft flight deck shows the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) in the grasp of the remote manipulator system (RMS) during STS-32 retrieval activities. Other cameras at eye level were documenting the bus-sized spacecraft at various angles as the RMS manipulated LDEF for a lengthy photo survey. The glaring celestial body in the upper left is the sun with the Earth's surface visible below.
Date Taken 1990-01-20
RMS-grappled LDEF is positio …
Title RMS-grappled LDEF is positioned over OV-102's payload bay during STS-32
Description Wide angle view looks through aft flight deck viewing window at the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) grappled by the remote manipulator system (RMS) and positioned vertically above Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, payload bay (PLB). STS-32 crewmembers are conducting a photo survey of LDEF before stowing it in the PLB for its return to Earth. In the background are OV-102's wings, the orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods, and vertical tail highlighted against the Earth's surface.
Date Taken 1990-01-20
LDEF positioned by RMS over …
Title LDEF positioned by RMS over OV-102's payload during STS-32 retrieval
Description During STS-32 retrieval activity and photo survey, the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) is grappled and positioned by remote manipulator system (RMS) over Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, payload bay (PLB). The view was captured through the aft flight deck viewing window and shows the 14 ft (4.3 meter) end of the LDEF spacecraft. The cloud-covered Earth surface appears in the distant background.
Date Taken 1990-01-20
During STS-32 retrieval, RMS …
Title During STS-32 retrieval, RMS lowers LDEF into OV-102's payload bay (PLB)
Description During STS-32 retrieval activities, the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) grappled by the remote manipulator system (RMS) end effector is lowered into Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, lit payload bay (PLB). The scene is framed in an aft flight deck viewing window. Visible on the 14 ft (4.3 meter) end of LDEF is the support structure with payload retention latch assembly (PRLA) trunnions that will secure the reusable 12-sided structure in the PLB during reentry and landing. In the background, highlighted against the Earth's surface are OV-102's wings, the orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods, and the vertical tail.
Date Taken 1990-01-20
STS-35 MS Hoffman changes a …
Title STS-35 MS Hoffman changes a roll of film on OV-102's aft flight deck
Description STS-35 Mission Specialist (MS) Jeffrey A. Hoffman changes a roll of film in a 70mm ROLLEIFLEX camera while on the aft flight deck of Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. Though the mission was dedicated largely to the discipline of astrophysics, the blue and white Earth, partially seen here through OV-102's overhead window W7 and aft flight deck viewing window W9, was also observed and photographed by the crewmembers during the nine-day flight.
Date Taken 1990-12-10
STS-35 aft flight deck of Co …
Title STS-35 aft flight deck of Columbia, OV-102, with an array of camera equipment
Description STS-35 aft flight deck onorbit station and mission station are covered with photographic equipment, cameras, and binoculars for earth observation and Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) documentation. The equipment velcroed to the control panels of Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, includes Hasselblad, 35mm, and Arriflex cameras, lenses and camera brackets.
Date Taken 1990-12-10
View of a stone age adze cut …
Title View of a stone age adze cutting tool floating freely in the flight deck.
Description View of a stone age adze cutting tool floating freely in the forward flight deck and framed by the forward and side windows. On the Earth below, the big island of Hawaii can be seen through the window.
Date Taken 1992-11-01
Crewmembers photographing th …
Title Crewmembers photographing the Earth from the aft flight deck windows.
Description Mission Pilot Mike Baker and Mission Specialist Tamara Jernigan looking out the aft flight deck overhead windows and photographing the Earth below. Jernigan is looking out the window while Baker is photographing with a Hasselblad 70mm camera.
Date Taken 1992-11-01
Inflight activites of Young …
Title Inflight activites of Young and Crippen in the cockpit and middeck STS-1
Description Inflight activites of Young and Crippen in the cockpit and middeck areas during the STS-1 mission. Commander John W. Young mans the commander's station in the Columbia. A loose leaf notebook with flight activites data floats in the weightless environment (30419), Pilot Robert L. Crippen takes advantage of zero gravity to do some aerobics in the mid-deck area (30420), Young shaves his face in the mid-deck area. Food tray is mounted to the locker door at center (30421), Young cleans off his razor after shaving (30422), Crippen floats in zero gravity inside the orbiter. Clouds over the earth can be seen through the spacecraft's top viewing windows. Back side of the commander and pilot's seats can be seen at lower portion of the frame (30423).
Date Taken 1981-04-15
Inflight activites of Young …
Title Inflight activites of Young and Crippen in the cockpit and middeck STS-1
Description Inflight activites of Young and Crippen in the cockpit and middeck areas during the STS-1 mission. Commander John W. Young mans the commander's station in the Columbia. A loose leaf notebook with flight activites data floats in the weightless environment (30419), Pilot Robert L. Crippen takes advantage of zero gravity to do some aerobics in the mid-deck area (30420), Young shaves his face in the mid-deck area. Food tray is mounted to the locker door at center (30421), Young cleans off his razor after shaving (30422), Crippen floats in zero gravity inside the orbiter. Clouds over the earth can be seen through the spacecraft's top viewing windows. Back side of the commander and pilot's seats can be seen at lower portion of the frame (30423).
Date Taken 1981-04-15
Inflight activites of Young …
Title Inflight activites of Young and Crippen in the cockpit and middeck STS-1
Description Inflight activites of Young and Crippen in the cockpit and middeck areas during the STS-1 mission. Commander John W. Young mans the commander's station in the Columbia. A loose leaf notebook with flight activites data floats in the weightless environment (30419), Pilot Robert L. Crippen takes advantage of zero gravity to do some aerobics in the mid-deck area (30420), Young shaves his face in the mid-deck area. Food tray is mounted to the locker door at center (30421), Young cleans off his razor after shaving (30422), Crippen floats in zero gravity inside the orbiter. Clouds over the earth can be seen through the spacecraft's top viewing windows. Back side of the commander and pilot's seats can be seen at lower portion of the frame (30423).
Date Taken 1981-04-15
Inflight activites of Young …
Title Inflight activites of Young and Crippen in the cockpit and middeck STS-1
Description Inflight activites of Young and Crippen in the cockpit and middeck areas during the STS-1 mission. Commander John W. Young mans the commander's station in the Columbia. A loose leaf notebook with flight activites data floats in the weightless environment (30419), Pilot Robert L. Crippen takes advantage of zero gravity to do some aerobics in the mid-deck area (30420), Young shaves his face in the mid-deck area. Food tray is mounted to the locker door at center (30421), Young cleans off his razor after shaving (30422), Crippen floats in zero gravity inside the orbiter. Clouds over the earth can be seen through the spacecraft's top viewing windows. Back side of the commander and pilot's seats can be seen at lower portion of the frame (30423).
Date Taken 1981-04-15
Inflight activites of Young …
Title Inflight activites of Young and Crippen in the cockpit and middeck STS-1
Description Inflight activites of Young and Crippen in the cockpit and middeck areas during the STS-1 mission. Commander John W. Young mans the commander's station in the Columbia. A loose leaf notebook with flight activites data floats in the weightless environment (30419), Pilot Robert L. Crippen takes advantage of zero gravity to do some aerobics in the mid-deck area (30420), Young shaves his face in the mid-deck area. Food tray is mounted to the locker door at center (30421), Young cleans off his razor after shaving (30422), Crippen floats in zero gravity inside the orbiter. Clouds over the earth can be seen through the spacecraft's top viewing windows. Back side of the commander and pilot's seats can be seen at lower portion of the frame (30423).
Date Taken 1981-04-15
STS-4 earth observations fro …
Title STS-4 earth observations from space
Description STS-4 earth observations from space. Views include both Florida coasts, with Cape Canaveral visible at the center of the frame. The photo was exposed through the aft window on the flight deck of the Columbia. The vertical tail and both orbital maneuvering systems (OMS) pods are visible in the foreground. Other features on the Earth which are visible include Tampa Bay and several lakes, including Apopka, Tohopekaliga, East Tahopekaliga, Harris, Cypress and a number of small reservoirs (33223), This is a north-easterly looking view toward California's Pacific Coast. The coastal area covered includes San Diego northward to Pismo Beach. Los Angeles is near center. The arc of the Temblor-Tehachapi-Sierra Nevada surrounds the San Joaquin Valley at left. The Mojave desert lies between the San Andres and Garlock Faults (33224), Mexico's Baja California and Sonora state are visible in the STS-4 frame. The islands of Angel de la Guardia and Tiburon stand out above and right of center. Low clouds
Date Taken 1982-07-06
STS-4 earth observations fro …
Title STS-4 earth observations from space
Description STS-4 earth observations from space. Views include both Florida coasts, with Cape Canaveral visible at the center of the frame. The photo was exposed through the aft window on the flight deck of the Columbia. The vertical tail and both orbital maneuvering systems (OMS) pods are visible in the foreground. Other features on the Earth which are visible include Tampa Bay and several lakes, including Apopka, Tohopekaliga, East Tahopekaliga, Harris, Cypress and a number of small reservoirs (33223), This is a north-easterly looking view toward California's Pacific Coast. The coastal area covered includes San Diego northward to Pismo Beach. Los Angeles is near center. The arc of the Temblor-Tehachapi-Sierra Nevada surrounds the San Joaquin Valley at left. The Mojave desert lies between the San Andres and Garlock Faults (33224), Mexico's Baja California and Sonora state are visible in the STS-4 frame. The islands of Angel de la Guardia and Tiburon stand out above and right of center. Low clouds
Date Taken 1982-07-06
STS-4 earth observations fro …
Title STS-4 earth observations from space
Description STS-4 earth observations from space. Views include both Florida coasts, with Cape Canaveral visible at the center of the frame. The photo was exposed through the aft window on the flight deck of the Columbia. The vertical tail and both orbital maneuvering systems (OMS) pods are visible in the foreground. Other features on the Earth which are visible include Tampa Bay and several lakes, including Apopka, Tohopekaliga, East Tahopekaliga, Harris, Cypress and a number of small reservoirs (33223), This is a north-easterly looking view toward California's Pacific Coast. The coastal area covered includes San Diego northward to Pismo Beach. Los Angeles is near center. The arc of the Temblor-Tehachapi-Sierra Nevada surrounds the San Joaquin Valley at left. The Mojave desert lies between the San Andres and Garlock Faults (33224), Mexico's Baja California and Sonora state are visible in the STS-4 frame. The islands of Angel de la Guardia and Tiburon stand out above and right of center. Low clouds
Date Taken 1982-07-06
MOCR activity during STS-4 m …
Title MOCR activity during STS-4 mission
Description Downlink of television from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia is shown on screen in mission operations control room (MOCR) of the JSC mission control center. STS-4 Astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly II, and Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr. can be seen in the downlink, seated at their flight deck stations (32955), Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations at JSC, points out a mission detail to JSC Director Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., center, and Neil B. Hutchinson. The three are at the flight operations director (FOD) console, in the MOCR. The personnel in the background are at the public affairs officer (PAO) console (32956).
Date Taken 1993-06-28
MOCR activity during STS-4 m …
Title MOCR activity during STS-4 mission
Description Downlink of television from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia is shown on screen in mission operations control room (MOCR) of the JSC mission control center. STS-4 Astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly II, and Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr. can be seen in the downlink, seated at their flight deck stations (32955), Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations at JSC, points out a mission detail to JSC Director Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., center, and Neil B. Hutchinson. The three are at the flight operations director (FOD) console, in the MOCR. The personnel in the background are at the public affairs officer (PAO) console (32956).
Date Taken 1993-06-28
Astronaut Robert F. Overmyer …
Title Astronaut Robert F. Overmyer behind the pilot's seat on the flight deck
Description Astronaut Robert F. Overmyer, pilot for STS-5, behind the pilot's seat on the flight deck of the earth-orbiting Shuttle Columbia. His present position is used by crew members for observing and photographing the Earth through the ceiling windows above Overmyer's head. Behind his head is the aft flight deck window for viewing the cargo bay. Overmyer is framed by two of the three seats on the flight deck area.
Date Taken 1993-11-17
Astronaut Joseph P. Allen on …
Title Astronaut Joseph P. Allen on flight deck taking photographs of the earth
Description Astronaut Joseph P. Allen, STS-5 mission specialist, lets a spot-meter float free during a period devoted to out the window photographs of the Earth from the orbiting Columbia. Allen is on the flight deck positioned behind the pilot's station.
Date Taken 1982-11-17
Satellite deployment during …
Title Satellite deployment during STS-5
Description The Satellite Business Systems (SBS-3) satellite is deployed form its protective cradle in the cargo bay of the Shuttle Columbia. Part of Columbia's wings can be seen on both the port and starboard sides. Part of both orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods are seen at center. The vertical stabilizer is obscured by the satellite (39791,39793), Telesat Canada's ANIK C-3 satellite appears to be touching the atmosphere on the Earth's horizon in this frame (39792), The SBS-3 satellite spins inside its protective cradle just prior to being spring-released into space form the cargo bay (39794), ANIK C-3 satellite is captured at frame's center, with the Earth as a backdrop (39795).
Date Taken 1982-11-17
Chesapeake Bay as seen from …
Title Chesapeake Bay as seen from STS-58
Description This view encompasses most of the large estuarine system of the Chesapeake Bay. The farmland and marshes of eastern shores of the Chesapeake (eastern Maryland and Virginia) are the foreground. The largest tributary flowing into the Bay is the Potomac River, Washington, D.C. is visible where the river bends to the northwest. The urban-suburban corridor between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore to the north (toward the right on this view) shows well as the gray zone which extends from left (D.C. on the Potomac) to right (Baltimore on the Patapsco River embayment on the Chesapeake, near the upper right).
Date Taken 1993-10-30
Astronauts Blaha and Lucid c …
Title Astronauts Blaha and Lucid celebrate Lucid's 752 hour in space
Description On the forward flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia, Astronauts John E. Blaha and Shannon W. Lucid show their glee at a milestone achieved a while earlier. The mission commander had earlier announced that Lucid's just achieved 752nd hour in space marked a Space Shuttle record for time spent on a mission.
Date Taken 1993-10-29
Astronaut William McArthur t …
Title Astronaut William McArthur talks to students on earth using SAREX
Description From the flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia, astronaut William S. McArthur talks to students on Earth. The mission specialist's activity was part of the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) which serves to enlighten students around the world on the topic of space travel. McArthur (call letters KC5ACR) is one of three licensed amateur radio operators on the seven-member flight.
Date Taken 1993-10-24
Astronaut Marsha S. Ivins pr …
Title Astronaut Marsha S. Ivins prepares to use three Hasselblad cameras together
Description Astronaut Marsha S. Ivins, mission specialist, prepares to aim three Hasselblad cameras through the overhead windows of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. The three cameras were allowed to simultaneously record the same imagery on different types of film for purposes of comparison and experimentation.
Date Taken 1994-03-05
Astronauts Casper and Gemar …
Title Astronauts Casper and Gemar prepare to use cameras
Description With camera in hand, two of the STS-62 astronauts prepare to take pictures of their home planet. John H. Casper (right), mission commander, handles a large format Linhof camera, while Charles D. (Sam) Gemar, mission specialist, has just added a roll of film to a 70mm handheld Hasselblad camera. Earth observations and documentation occupied much of the on-duty time of all five of the STS-62 crew members during their 14-day mission in Earth orbit.
Date Taken 1994-03-04
Astronauts Thuot and Ivins w …
Title Astronauts Thuot and Ivins work with the Dexterous End Effector (DEE)
Description This view, photographed on the aft flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia, captures crew activity with the Dexterous End Effector (DEE) on the Remote Manipulator System (RMS). Astronauts Pierre J. Thuot and Marsha S. Ivins communicate with ground controllers during operations and observations with DEE.
Date Taken 1994-03-05
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