S06-38-900 - STS-006 - Deployment of the TDRS by the STS-6 Challenger
Summary
The original finding aid described this as:
Description: Views of the tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) and its inertial upper stage (IUS) in the payload bay of the space shuttle Challenger prior to deployment. The TDRS is deployed by the STS-6 crew, attached to an IUS.
Subject Terms: CHALLENGER (ORBITER) INERTIAL UPPER STAGE ONBOARD ACTIVITIES PAYLOAD BAY PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM STS-6 TDR SATELLITES
Categories: Payloads
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Original: Film - 70MM CT
Preservation File Format: TIFF
feat: TDRS/IUS DEPLOY
STS-6
Tags
deployment
tdrs
challenger
sts 6
sts 006 challenger
nasa
payload bay
inertial upper stage onboard activities payload bay payload deployment
ius
retrieval system sts 6 tdr satellites
sts 6 challenger
sts 6 crew
space shuttle challenger
payloads
satellite
stage
space program
1980 s
space shuttle
us national archives
Date
1983
Source
The U.S. National Archives
Link
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