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View of the Challenger's payload bay and the SOUP experiment
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51F-42-069 (29 July-6 Aug 1985) --- The solar optical universal polarimeter (SOUP) experiment is visible among the cluster of Spacelab 2 hardware in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger, backdropped against a curtain of white clouds over ocean waters. Various components of the instrument positioning system (IPS) are conspicuous at the center of the frame.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineView of the Challenger's payload bay and the SOUP experiment. NASA/JSC, 1985-08-01. Public domain. ID: 51f-42-069.
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