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LDEF grappled by remote manipulator system (RMS) during STS-32 retrieval
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LDEF grappled by remote manipulator system (RMS) during STS-32 retrieval

NASA / JSC · 1990-01-20 · photograph (digital archive)

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This view taken through overhead window W7 on Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, aft flight deck shows the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) in the grasp of the remote manipulator system (RMS) during STS-32 retrieval activities. Other cameras at eye level were documenting the bus-sized spacecraft at various angles as the RMS manipulated LDEF for a lengthy photo survey. The glaring celestial body in the upper left is the sun with the Earth's surface visible below.

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COLUMBIA (ORBITER)EARTH LIMBEARTH SURFACEREMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEMSTS-32SUN
Credit lineLDEF grappled by remote manipulator system (RMS) during STS-32 retrieval. NASA/JSC, 1990-01-20. Public domain. ID: s32-541-008.
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