STS062-352-022 - STS-062 - Auroral Photography Experiment-B

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: Photographic documentation of the Auroral Photography Experiment-B (APE-B) results taken from the Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-62. The APE-B was designed to photograph and record the spectra of airglow aurora, auroral optical effects, irradiation effects, the shuttle glow phenomena, and Orbital Maneuvering System exhaust plume emissions and port and starboard yaw thruster firings using the imaging, Fabry-Perot, and spectrometer modes of still photography and on-board closed circuit television cameras.

Subject Terms: SPACE SHUTTLES, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), STS-62, SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT, CAMERAS, SPECTROMETERS

Date Taken: 6/4/1997

Categories: Experiment (Non-medical)

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF

STS-62

auroral photography experiment b sts 62 columbia nasa spaceborne experiments high resolution ultra high resolution auroral photography experiment b sts 62 space shuttle columbia ape b space shuttles shuttle glow phenomena orbital photographic equipment tiff sts 62 system exhaust plume emissions circuit television cameras irradiation effects yaw thruster firings spectrometer modes columbia airglow aurora effects spectrometers cameras experiment space program

1997

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