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SPARTAN-201 satellite lined up with RMS arm for recapture
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SPARTAN-201 satellite lined up with RMS arm for recapture

NASA / JSC · 1994-09-15 · photograph (digital archive)

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STS064-76-035 (15 Sept. 1994) --- Backdropped against the darkness of space, the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN-201) satellite is lined up with the space shuttle Discovery's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm for re-capture. The free-flying spacecraft had remained some 40 miles away from Discovery for over two days.

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SPARTAN SATELLITESREMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEMPAYLOAD RETRIEVAL (STS)STS-64 DISCOVERY (ORBITER)ONBOARD ACTIVITIES
Credit lineSPARTAN-201 satellite lined up with RMS arm for recapture. NASA/JSC, 1994-09-15. Public domain. ID: sts064-76-035.
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