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Sally Ride, First U.S. Woman
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| Title |
Sally Ride, First U.S. Woman in Space |
| Full Description |
Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. Born on May 26, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, she received a Bachelor in Physics and English in 1973 from Stanford University and, later, a Master in Physics in 1975 and a Doctorate in Physics in 1978, also from Stanford. NASA selected Dr. Ride as an astronaut candidate in January 1978. She completed her training in August 1979, and began her astronaut career as a mission specialist on STS-7, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on June 18, 1983. The mission spent 147 hours in space before landing on a lakebed runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California on June 24, 1983. Dr. Ride also served as a mission specialist on STS-41-G, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on October 5, 1984 and landed 197 hours later at Kennedy Space Center, Florida on October 13, 1984. In June 1985, NASA assigned Dr. Ride to serve as mission specialist on STS-61-M. She discontinued mission training in January 1986 to serve as a member of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger accident, also known as the Rogers Commission. Upon completing the investigation she returned to NASA Headquarters as Special Assistant to the Administrator for Long Range and Strategic Planning, where she lead a team that wrote NASA Leadership and America's Future in Space:A Report to the Administrator in August 1987. Dr. Ride has also written a children's book, To Space and Back, describing her experiences in space, has received the Jefferson Award for Public Service, and has twice been awarded the National Spaceflight Medal. Her latest books include Voyager: An Adventure to the Edge of the Solar System and The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space. She was also a member of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), which investigated the February 1, 2003 loss of Space Shuttle Columbia. Dr. Ride is currently a physics professor and Director of the California Space Institute at the University of California, San Diego. |
| Date |
06/1984 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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First Class of Female Astron
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| Title |
First Class of Female Astronauts |
| Full Description |
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978, allowing them to enroll in a training program that they completed in August 1979. Shannon W. Lucid was born on January 14, 1943 in Shanghai, China but considers Bethany, Oklahoma to be her hometown. She spent many years at the University of Oklahoma, receiving a Bachelor in chemistry in 1963, a Master in biochemistry in 1970, and a Doctorate in biochemistry in 1973. Dr. Lucid flew on the STS-51G Discovery, STS-34 Atlantis, STS-43 Atlantis, and STS-58 Columbia shuttle missions, setting the record for female astronauts by logging 838 hours and 54 minutes in space. She also currently holds the United States single mission space flight endurance record for her 188 days on the Russian Space Station Mir. From February 2002 to September 2003, she served as chief scientist at NASA Headquarters before returning to JSC to help with the Return to Flight program after the STS-107 accident. Born November 8, 1947, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Margaret Rhea Seddon received a Doctorate of Medicine in 1973 from the University of Tennessee. She flew on space missions STS-51 Discovery, STS-40 Columbia, and STS-58 Columbia for a total of over 722 hours in space. Dr. Seddon retired from NASA in November 1997, taking on a position as the Assistant Chief Medical Officer of the Vanderbilt Medical Group in Nashville, Tennessee. Kathryn Sullivan was born October 3, 1951 in Patterson, New Jersey but considers Woodland Hills, California to be her hometown. She received a Bachelor in Earth Sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1973 and a Doctorate in Geology from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1978. She flew on space missions STS-41G, STS-31, and STS-45 and logged a total of 532 hours in space. Dr. Sullivan left NASA in August 1992 to assume the position of Chief Scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). She later went on to serve as President and CEO of the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Judith Resnik was born April 5, 1949 in Akron, Ohio. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1970, and a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland in 1977. Dr. Resnik left a job as a senior systems engineer in product development with Xerox Corporation at El Segundo, California to work for NASA in 1978. She died on January 28, 1986 on her second mission, during the launch of Challenger STS-51-L. Anna Fisher was born August 24, 1949 in New York City, New York hometown. She received a Doctorate in Medicine in 1976 and a Master of Science in Chemistry in 1987, both from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Fisher flew on STS-51A, the Space Shuttle Discovery's November 8, 1984, mission, and logged 192 hours in space, her second schedule mission was cancelled after the Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L accident. She remains with NASA, where she has filled many positions over decades of service. Dr. Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. Born on May 26, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, she went on to receive a Bachelor in Physics and English in 1973 from Stanford University and, later, a Master in Physics in 1975 and a Doctorate in Physics in 1978, also from Stanford. She began her astronaut career as a mission specialist on STS-7, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on June 18, 1983, and later went on to fly on STS-41G. She withdrew from training for her third scheduled mission in order to serve on the investigative committee for the Space Shuttle Challenger accident and never returned to training, although she went on to work for headquarters and later to serve on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board before returning to the private sector as a physics professor. |
| Date |
02/28/1979 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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The Apollo 11 Prime Crew
| Title |
The Apollo 11 Prime Crew |
| Full Description |
Portrait of the prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. From left to right they are: Commander, Neil A. Armstrong, Command Module Pilot, Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. On July 20th 1969 at 4:18 PM, EDT the Lunar Module "Eagle" landed in a region of the Moon called the Mare Tranquillitatis, also known as the Sea of Tranquillity. After securing his spacecraft, Armstrong radioed back to earth: "Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed". At 10:56 p.m. that same evening and witnessed by a worldwide television audience, Neil Armstrong stepped off the "Eagle's landing pad onto the lunar surface and said: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." He became the first human to set foot upon the Moon. |
| Date |
05/01/1969 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Throttling Upward
| Title |
Throttling Upward |
| Full Description |
Aerial views of the STS-2 launch from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. This photograph of Columbia soaring toward earth orbit was captured by Mission- Specialist/Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan from the rear station of a T-38 jet aircraft. Part of the wing top of her aircraft can be seen in the lower left corner. Another T-38 jet can be seen at lower left corner near the smoke trails from the Shuttle. |
| Date |
11/12/1981 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Fires in British Columbia
| Title |
Fires in British Columbia |
| Description |
The 2003 fire season was another very active one for western North America, especially in the Canadian province of British Columbia where some 620,000 acres of forest were consumed in almost 2,500 fires. Here the Rocky Mountains have both lofty, snow-capped peaks and long, narrow valleys that create special conditions and problems with air quality from these smoky fires. This image taken by the crew of the International Space Station on August 20, 2003, illustrates how smoke has become trapped in valleys. Normally air temperature decreases with altitude, in other words, the higher up you are, the colder it is. Warmer, more buoyant air near the surface of the Earth usually rises into the atmosphere, carrying away air pollutants such as smoke. However, sometimes the "higher equals colder" relationship breaks down, for example, here in the northern Rockies, where light winds and cold air drainage from the higher elevations have created "temperature inversions," making the air in the valley colder and denser than the air at the mountain peaks. The cold dense air does not rise, but intsead stays trapped—along with the smoke—in the valleys. Note how the snowy peaks of the mountains are relatively smoke-free while the long, north-south valleys of Kootenay Lake and Columbia River are filled with trapped aerosols from the plumes of the large fires situated to the southwest. Meanwhile shifting winds have now swept the bulk of the plumes southeastward over the Columbia River Basin of Washington. Astronaut photograph ISS007-E-13281 was taken August 20, 2003 with a Kodak DCS760 digital camera equipped with an 50mm lens and provided by Michael Trenchard (Lockheed Martin / Earth Observations Laboratory, Johnson Space Center). The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth Website. |
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Fires in British Columbia
| Title |
Fires in British Columbia |
| Description |
The 2003 fire season was another very active one for western North America, especially in the Canadian province of British Columbia where some 620,000 acres of forest were consumed in almost 2,500 fires. Here the Rocky Mountains have both lofty, snow-capped peaks and long, narrow valleys that create special conditions and problems with air quality from these smoky fires. This image taken by the crew of the International Space Station on August 20, 2003, illustrates how smoke has become trapped in valleys. Normally air temperature decreases with altitude, in other words, the higher up you are, the colder it is. Warmer, more buoyant air near the surface of the Earth usually rises into the atmosphere, carrying away air pollutants such as smoke. However, sometimes the "higher equals colder" relationship breaks down, for example, here in the northern Rockies, where light winds and cold air drainage from the higher elevations have created "temperature inversions," making the air in the valley colder and denser than the air at the mountain peaks. The cold dense air does not rise, but intsead stays trapped—along with the smoke—in the valleys. Note how the snowy peaks of the mountains are relatively smoke-free while the long, north-south valleys of Kootenay Lake and Columbia River are filled with trapped aerosols from the plumes of the large fires situated to the southwest. Meanwhile shifting winds have now swept the bulk of the plumes southeastward over the Columbia River Basin of Washington. Astronaut photograph ISS007-E-13281 was taken August 20, 2003 with a Kodak DCS760 digital camera equipped with an 50mm lens and provided by Michael Trenchard (Lockheed Martin / Earth Observations Laboratory, Johnson Space Center). The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth Website. |
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Impact: 65 Million Years Ago
| Title |
Impact: 65 Million Years Ago |
| Explanation |
What killed the dinosaurs? [ http://www.wf.carleton.ca/Museum/extinction/homepg.html ] Their sudden disappearance 65 million years ago, along with about 70 percent of all species then living on Earth, is known as the K-T event [ ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1998/98-042.txt ] (Cretaceous-Tertiary Mass Extinction event). Geologists and paleontologists often entertain the idea that a large asteroid or comet impacting [ http://rainbow.ldeo.columbia.edu/courses/v1001/23.html ] the Earth was the culprit. In such a cosmic catastrophe, the good(!) news would be that the impact [ http://www.agu.org/revgeophys/claeys00/claeys00.html ] would generate firestorms, tidal waves, earthquakes, and hurricane winds. As for the bad news [ http://www.techreview.com/articles/feb95/tyson.html ] ... debris thrown into the atmosphere would have a serious global environmental consequences, creating extended periods of darkness, low temperatures, and acid rains - resulting in a planet-wide extinction event. In 1990, dramatic support for this theory [ http://juliet.stfx.ca/ academic/geology/courses/170/whatsnew/biosph/dino2.html ] came from cosmochemist Alan Hildebrand's revelation of a 65 million year old, 112 mile wide ring structure still detectable [ http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov:80/pio/srl1/sirc/srl1-yucatan.html ] under layers of sediment in the Yucatan Peninsula region of Mexico. The outlines of the structure, called the Chicxulub crater [ http://ucaswww.mcm.uc.edu/geology/huff/Chicxulub.html ] (named for a local village), are visible in the above representation of gravity and magnetic field data from the region. In addition to having the right age, the crater is consistent with the impact of [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970323.html ] an asteroid of sufficient size (6 to 12 miles wide) to cause the global disruptions. Regardless of the true cause of the K-T event, it is fortunate that such impacts [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990610.html ] are presently [ http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/CloseApp.html ] believed to happen [ http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/index.html ] only about once every 100 million years! |
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Manicouagan Impact Crater on
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| Title |
Manicouagan Impact Crater on Earth |
| Explanation |
The Manicouagan Crater [ http://www.linkdirectory.com/airphoto/1030.html ] in northern Canada [ http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ca.html ] is one of the oldest impact craters [ http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/craters/impact_home.html ] known. Formed during a surely tremendous impact [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990711.html ] about 200 million years ago, the present day terrain supports a 70-kilometer diameter hydroelectric reservoir [ http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/nam/nam-26.html ] in the telltale form of an annular lake [ http://epod.usra.edu/archive/epodviewer.php3?oid=40640 ]. The crater itself has been worn away by the passing of glaciers [ http://www.glacier.rice.edu/land/5_whatisaglacier.html ] and other erosional processes. Still, the hard rock [ http://duke.usask.ca/~reeves/prog/geoe118/geoe118.011.html ] at the impact site has preserved much of the complex impact structure [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960120.html ] and so allows scientists a leading case to help understand large impact features on Earth [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/impacts.html ] and other [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001213.html ap960906.html ] Solar System bodies. Also visible above [ http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/lores.cgi?PHOTO=STS009-48-3139 ] is the vertical fin of the Space Shuttle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990411.html ] Columbia from which the picture was taken in 1983. |
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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 ]. |
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Aristarchus' Unbelievable Di
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Aristarchus' Unbelievable Discoveries |
| Explanation |
Here lived one of the greatest thinkers in human history. Aristarchus [ http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Aristarchus.html ] lived on the Greek island of Samos, a small island in the center of the above picture [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/STS58/10083809.htm ] that can be identified with a good map [ http://www.cruiseair.com/bigmap.gif ]. Aristarchus, who lived from 310 BC to 230 BC, postulated that the planets orbited the Sun [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960521.html ] - not the Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950830.html ] -- over a thousand years before Copernicus [ http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Copernicus.html ] and Galileo [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960830.html ] made similar arguments. Aristarchus used clear logic to estimate the size of the Earth, the size and distance to our Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/moon.html ], the size and distance to our Sun, the the even deduced that the points of light we see at night are not dots painted on some celestial sphere but stars like our Sun at enormous distances. Aristarchus' discoveries [ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/GreekScience/Students/Kristen/Aristarchus.html ] remained truly unbelievable to the people of his time but stand today as pillars of deductive reasoning. |
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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 [ 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 ]. |
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Impact! 65 Million Years Ago
| Title |
Impact! 65 Million Years Ago |
| Explanation |
What killed the dinosaurs? [ http://www.wf.carleton.ca/Museum/extinction/homepg.html ] Their sudden disappearance 65 million years ago, along with about 70 percent of all species then living on Earth, is known as the K-T event [ http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/comet/appendb.htm ] (Cretaceous-Tertiary Mass Extinction event). Geologists and paleontologists often entertain the idea of a large asteroid or comet impacting [ http://rainbow.ldeo.columbia.edu/courses/v1001/23.html ] the Earth as the culprit. Besides the firestorms, tidal waves, earthquakes, and hurricane winds such an impact [ http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena/org/t/ techreview/www/articles/feb95/tyson.html ] would generate, the debris thrown into the atmosphere would have a serious global environmental impact -- creating extended periods of darkness, low temperatures, and acid rains. In 1990, dramatic support for this theory [ http://juliet.stfx.ca/ academic/geology/courses/170/whatsnew/biosph/dino2.html ] came from cosmochemist Alan Hildebrand's revelation of a 65 million year old, 112 mile wide ring structure still detectable under layers of sediment in the Yucatan Peninsula region of Mexico. The outlines of the structure, called the Chicxulub crater [ http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/tercrate.htm#chic ] (named for a local village), are visible in the above representation of gravity and magnetic field data from the region [ http://www.agu.org/sharpton.html ]. In addition to having the right age, the crater is consistent with the impact [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970323.html ] of an asteroid of sufficient size (6 to 12 miles wide) to cause the global disruptions. Regardless of the true cause of the K-T event, it is fortunate that such impacts are presently believed to happen only about once every 100 million years! [ http://ccf.arc.nasa.gov/sst/main.html ] |
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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/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 ]. |
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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 ]. |
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Port side thermal image of C
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| Title |
Port side thermal image of Columbia's underside during re-entry |
| Description |
S82-29021 (30 March 1982) --- This unique look at the underside of the Space Shuttle Columbia in flight was provided by a Lockheed C-141 Starlifter aircraft and the Ames Kuiper Airborne Observatory. Flying parallel to Columbia's flight path at an altitude of approximately 41,000 feet, the aircraft's infrared imagery system was using a 36-inch telescope to follow the spacecraft, which was at about 185,000 feet when the imagery was recorded. The purpose of the system is to gather high resolution temperature data of the thermal protection system (TPS) during its transitional phase (not peak or turbulent flow phase) about 16.5 minutes after Columbia begins entry into Earth's atmosphere. Exposure time was 4/1000 of a second (or four milliseconds). This image shows the port or commander's side of the spacecraft. Astronauts Jack R. Lousma and C. Gordon Fullerton were aboard the shuttle for eight days in March of 1982. |
| Date |
04.14.1982 |
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STS-55 Earth observation of
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| Title |
STS-55 Earth observation of a thunderstorm over the coast of Nigeria |
| Description |
STS-55 Earth observation taken aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, shows a 30-mile-wide thunderstorm (tops estimated near 45,000 feet). It was photographed by the STS-55 crew from an altitude of 162 nautical miles over the coast of Nigeria, 05-02-93, at 11 hours, 13 minutes, 34 seconds GMT (near noon, local time). A Meteosat view taken at almost exactly the same time allows us to pinpoint the location of the storm but does not show any of the detail evident in the Shuttle photograph. This huge thunderstorm was in the early stages of formation, as can been seen by the intense turbulence in the cauliflower shape of the top. Two major updrafts can be seen as the rose-shaped regions in the cloud tops. An easterly wave in the low levels of the atmosphere created a line of instability, which, together with an ample supply of moisture from the warm waters of the Gulf of Guinea and solar heating over the coast throughout the morning, caused this megastorm to occur. North is to the left |
| Date |
05.06.1993 |
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STS-55 Earth observation of
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| Title |
STS-55 Earth observation of Altiplano ash/dust plume in Argentina |
| Description |
STS-55 Earth observation taken from Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, shows several plumes of blowing material over northern Argentina. All plumes originate downwind of the recent volcanic eruption of Lascar Volcano (just over the border in northern Chile). It seems most likely, therefore, that the blown material is dust-sized particles of ash that was deposited on the high Andean plateau by Lascar during the eruption of 04-20-93. The large, dense, V-shaped plume in this frame is about 40 kilometers long. It is blowing eastwards from a point about 100 km southeast of Lascar. On 05-10-93, images from the AVHRR sensor on the environmental satellite NOAA-11 showed the dust from these parts of Altiplano reaching the lowlands hundreds of kilometers to the east. This photo was recorded on 05-04-93 at 19 hours 10 minutes 38 seconds GMT. |
| Date |
05.06.1993 |
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Inflight activites of Young
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| 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 |
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Fires in British Columbia: N
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The 2003 fire season was ano
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ISS007-E-13281_540
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-08-20 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ISS007-E-13281_540 |
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Fires in British Columbia: N
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The 2003 fire season was ano
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ISS007-E-13281_540
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-08-20 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ISS007-E-13281_540 |
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STS-93 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-107 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-107 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-87 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-87 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-87 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RLV Hangar at KSC, members of the Columbia Restoration Project Team show Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore (third from left) and Ralph Roe, with the Orbiter Work Group at JSC, a piece of Columbia debris. The team is examining pieces and attempting to reconstruct the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia on its return to Earth from mission STS-107. To date, four shipments have arrived from Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, La., the collection point for debris. |
| Release Date |
02/28/2003 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore (center, pointing) looks over Columbia debris with members of the Columbia Restoration Project Team. To his right is Ralph Roe, with the Orbiter Work Group, JSC. The team is examining pieces and attempting to reconstruct the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia on its return to Earth from mission STS-107. To date, four shipments have arrived from Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, La., the collection point for debris. |
| Release Date |
02/28/2003 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore (third from right) and Ralph Roe (fourth from right), with the Orbiter Work Group, JSC, look at Columbia debris being held my a member of the Columbia Restoration Project Team. The team is examining pieces and attempting to reconstruct the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia on its return to Earth from mission STS-107. To date, four shipments have arrived from Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, La., the collection point for debris. |
| Release Date |
02/28/2003 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore (second from left) and Ralph Roe, (third from left), with the Orbiter Work Group, JSC, examine a piece of debris from Columbia. A Columbia Restoration Project Team is examining pieces and attempting to reconstruct the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia on its return to Earth from mission STS-107. To date, four shipments have arrived from Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, La., the collection point for debris. |
| Release Date |
02/28/2003 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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| Description |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore (third from left) and Ralph Roe (fourth from left), with the Orbiter Work Group, JSC, examine a piece of debris from Columbia. A Columbia Restoration Project Team is examining pieces and attempting to reconstruct the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia on its return to Earth from mission STS-107. To date, four shipments have arrived from Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, La., the collection point for debris. |
| Release Date |
02/28/2003 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Ralph Roe (second from right), with the Orbiter Work Group, JSC, and Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore (third from right) look at Columbia debris in the RLV Hangar at KSC. The Columbia Restoration Project Team is examining pieces and attempting to reconstruct the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia on its return to Earth from mission STS-107. To date, four shipments have arrived from Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, La., the collection point for debris. |
| Release Date |
02/28/2003 |
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JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSON
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JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSON, TEXAS -- STS-107 INSIGNIA -- This is the insignia for STS-107, which is a multi-discipline microgravity and Earth science research mission with a multitude of international scientific investigations conducted continuously during the planned 16 days on orbit. The central element of the patch is the microgravity symbol flowing into the rays of the astronaut symbol. The mission inclination is portrayed by the 39-degree angle of the astronaut symbol to the Earth's horizon. The sunrise is representative of the numerous experiments that are the dawn of a new era for continued microgravity research on the International Space Station and beyond. The breadth of science conducted on this mission will have widespread benefits to life on Earth and our continued exploration of space, illustrated by the Earth and stars. The constellation Columba (the dove) was chosen to symbolize peace on Earth and the Space Shuttle Columbia. The seven stars also represent the mission crew members and honor the original astronauts who paved the way to make research in space possible. The Israeli flag is adjacent to the name of the payload specialist who is the first person from that country to fly on the Space Shuttle. The NASA insignia design for Space Shuttle flights is reserved for use by the astronauts and for other official use as the NASA Administrator may authorize. Public availability has been approved only in the form of illustrations by the various news media. When and if there is any change in this policy, which we do not anticipate, it will be publicly announced. |
| Release Date |
05/01/2001 |
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View of Rocky Mountains area
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| Title |
View of Rocky Mountains area of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada |
| Description |
An oblique view of the Rocky Mountains area of British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, as photographed from the Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. This picture was taken at an altitude of 222 kilometers (138 statute miles). |
| Date Taken |
1975-07-24 |
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Artist concept of STS-32 Col
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Artist concept of STS-32 Columbia, OV-102, preparing to grapple LDEF |
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Artist concept shows STS-32 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, drifting above Earth's surface and the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) with payload bay doors open and the remote manipulator system (RMS) arm deployed and positioned to grapple LDEF. This artist concept of the STS-32 mission sequence for retrieving LDEF was provided by Langley Research Center (LaRC) with alternate number L89-11-720. |
| Date Taken |
1989-12-06 |
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Artist concept of STS-40 Col
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| Title |
Artist concept of STS-40 Columbia, OV-102, cargo configuration |
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Artist concept titled "Space Shuttle Program STS-40 Cargo Configuration" shows Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, orbiting the Earth with payload bay doors (PLBDs) open and locations of Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1) module, get-away special (GAS) bridge assembly, and middeck zero-gravity dynamics experiment (MODE) 0 identified. |
| Date Taken |
1991-04-17 |
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STS-52 crew and backup parti
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| Title |
STS-52 crew and backup participate in camera equipment training on JSC rooftop |
| Description |
STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, crewmembers and backup payload specialist participate in LINHOF camera training on the roof of JSC's Project Management Building Bldg 1. Left to right are Canadian Payload Specialist Steven G. MacLean, Mission Specialist (MS) William M. Shepherd, Pilot Michael A. Baker, and backup Payload Specialist Bjarni Tryggvason. In the background, partially obscured and holding a spotmeter, is Commander James D. Wetherbee. Shepherd is adjusting a LINHOF camera used mostly for Earth observations imagery. MacLean and Tryggvason represent the Canadian Space Agency. |
| Date Taken |
1992-08-06 |
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STS-52 MS Shepherd during ca
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STS-52 MS Shepherd during camera equipment training on JSC's Bldg 1 rooftop |
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STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Mission Specialist (MS) William M. Shepherd aims a 35mm camera at a distant subject from his vantage point atop the roof of JSC's nine-story Project Management Building Bldg 1. The training session familiarized Shepherd with camera equipment to be used in Earth observation documentation during STS-52. |
| Date Taken |
1992-08-06 |
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STS-52 PS MacLean, backup PS
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STS-52 PS MacLean, backup PS Tryggvason, and PI pose on JSC's CCT flight deck |
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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 |
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STS-52 Payload Specialist Ma
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STS-52 Payload Specialist MacLean during camera training at JSC's MAIL |
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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 |
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STS-52 Payload Specialist Ma
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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 |
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STS-52 backup Payload Specia
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| Title |
STS-52 backup Payload Specialist Tryggvason uses camera during JSC training |
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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 |
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Northwest Washington State
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Northwest Washington State |
| Description |
Portions of northwest Washington State (48.0N, 122.5) can be seen in this view as well as portions of British Columbia, Canada. The snow covered Cascade Mountains are on the eastern side of the scene. Vancouver Island is visible in the northeast corner of the photo. The strait of Juan de Fuca separates Vancouver Islannd from the northwest corner of Washington. Seattle is near the center and the snow covered Olympic Mountains are to the east. |
| Date Taken |
1973-06-22 |
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View of southeastern Washing
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View of southeastern Washington State |
| Description |
A vertical view of southeastern Washington States as photographed from Earth orbit by one of the six lenses of the Itek-furnished S190-A Multispectral Photographic Facility Experiment aboard the Skylab space station. The Snake River flows into the Columbia River in the most southerly corner of the picture. The Wallula Lake is below the junction of the two rivers. The Yakima Valley is at the southwestern edge of the photograph. The Columbia Basin is in the center of the picture. The Cascade Range extends across the northwest corner of the photograph. |
| Date Taken |
1973-08-30 |
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Washington, D.C. and the Bal
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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 |
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Pilot Crippen eats rehydrate
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| 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 |
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View of the Columbia's open
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| 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 |
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View of STS-1 payload bay an
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| 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 |
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View of the Columbia's open
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| Title |
View of the Columbia's open payload bay and the Canadian RMS |
| Description |
Canadian-built remote manipulator system (RMS) arm and end effector (its hand-like device) are seen in this photo of the Columbia's cargo bay during the RMS's debut. About to be grappled by the end effector is the Induced Environment Contamination Monitor (IECM) Location experiment located in the center of the photo. 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 |
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View of the Columbia's remot
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| 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 |
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