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Space Shuttle Projects

NASA / MSFC · 1984-04-07 · photograph (digital archive)

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This is an onboard photo of the deployment of the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Challenger STS-41C mission, April 7, 1984. After a five year stay in space, the LDEF was retrieved during the STS-32 mission by the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia in January 1990 and was returned to Earth for close examination and analysis.

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Long Duration Exposure FacilityLDEFSTS-41C
Credit lineSpace Shuttle Projects. NASA/MSFC, 1984-04-07. Public domain. ID: 8898996.
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