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STS081-746-057 - STS-081 - Earth observations taken during STS-81 mission

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Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-81 mission from the space shuttle Atlantis.

Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-81, ATLANTIS (ORBITER)

Date Taken: 1/13/1997

Categories: Earth Observations

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

geon: CLOUDS

feat: PAN-CYCLONIC CLOUDS

tilt: High Oblique

cldp: 100

STS-81

Space Shuttle Atlantis was a space shuttle that was operated by NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program. It was the fourth operational shuttle built, and the last one to be built before the program was retired in 2011. Atlantis was named after the first research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and it made its first flight in October 1985. Over the course of its career, Atlantis completed 33 missions and spent a total of 307 days in space. Its last mission was STS-135, which was the final mission of the Space Shuttle program. Atlantis is now on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104) was one of the four first operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States. (The other two are Discovery and Endeavour.) Atlantis was the fourth operational shuttle built. Atlantis is named after a two-masted sailing ship that operated from 1930 to 1966 for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Atlantis performed well in 25 years of service, flying 33 missions.

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earth observations nasa sts 81 atlantis high resolution ultra high resolution sts 81 mission sts 81 space shuttle atlantis pan cyclonic clouds space atlantis clouds high oblique
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1997
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Space Shuttle Atlantis

The Fourth Pperational Shuttle Built
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The U.S. National Archives
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label_outline Explore Pan Cyclonic Clouds, Sts 81 Mission, Clouds

Apollo 10 view of the Earth. NASA public domain image colelction.

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earth observations nasa sts 81 atlantis high resolution ultra high resolution sts 81 mission sts 81 space shuttle atlantis pan cyclonic clouds space atlantis clouds high oblique