View of Spacelab 2 pallet in the open payload bay
Summary
51F-33-005 (29 July - 6 August 1985) --- Experiments and the instrument pointing system (IPS) for Spacelab 2 are backdropped against the Libya/Tunisia Mediterranean coast and black space in this 70mm view photographed through the aft flight deck windows of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Also partially visible among the cluster of Spacelab 2 hardware are the solar optical universal polarimeter (SOUP) experiment and the coronal helium abundance experiment (CHASE).
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astronomy
challenger orbiter
space shuttle mission 51 f
spacelab
space shuttle payloads
spaceborne experiments
johnson space center
view
pallet
payload
bay
high resolution
experiments
helium abundance experiment
space shuttle challenger
tunisia mediterranean coast
flight deck windows
payload bay
space
flight deck
astronauts
space flight
nasa
Date
29/07/1985
Location
Johnson Space Center
,
29.56198, -95.09268
Source
NASA
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Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)