STS093-705-052 - STS-093 - View of the Chandra Observatory during its deployment from Columbia PLB
Summary
The original finding aid described this as:
Description: View (dark) of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (AXAF) being deployed from the payload bay (PLB) of the Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS-93 mission. In the background, the Earth's day/night terminator line at sunset can be seen.
Subject Terms: STS-93 COLUMBIA (ORBITER) EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) EARTH LIMB PAYLOAD BAY DEPLOYMENT X RAY TELESCOPES
Date Taken: 7/23/1999
Categories: Payloads
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Element: Shuttle Payload Bay
Original: Film - 70MM CT
Preservation File Format: TIFF
geon: ATMOSPHERIC LIMB
feat: ATMOSPHERIC LIMB,SHUTTLE
tilt: High Oblique
nlat: 15.1
nlon: 130.6
dir: W
azi: 293
alt: 153
elev: -8
STS-93
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Tags
chandra
observatory
chandra observatory
deployment
columbia
plb
space shuttle view
sts 93 columbia
nasa
view of earth from space
payload bay
high resolution
ultra high resolution
earth limb payload bay deployment x ray telescopes
atmospheric limb
shuttle payload bay
space shuttle columbia
view
chandra x ray observatory
columbia plb
payloads
sts 93 mission
shuttle
sts 93
night terminator line
earth observations
space
high oblique
Date
1999
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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