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STS-35 ASTRO-1 in OV-102's payload bay silhouetted against RCS firing
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STS035-28-006 (2-10 Dec 1990) --- STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) telescopes, in on-orbit operating position in the payload bay (PLB), are silhouetted against an reaction control system (RCS) right thruster firing. Three ultraviolet telescopes are mounted and precisely co-aligned on a common structure, called the cruciform, that is attached to the instrument pointing system (IPS). Here the IPS holds the telescopes in a position that is parallel to the Earth's limb below.
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Credit lineSTS-35 ASTRO-1 in OV-102's payload bay silhouetted against RCS firing. NASA/JSC, 1990-12-10. Public domain. ID: s35-28-006.
