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STS-42

STS-42 Sharp Cargo Inspection

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. KSC-91PC-1954

December 1991

The STS-42 flight crew and others take a close-up look at the payloads installed in the cargo bay of the orbitor Discovery in the VAB's High Bay.

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STS-42

STS-42 International Microgravity Laboratory

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. S42-25-027

24 March - 2 April 1992

International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) spacelab module and SL tunnel (foreground) exteriors are documented in the payload bay of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle 103, and back-dropped against the Red Sea and part of the Sinai Peninsula.

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STS-42

STS-42 Onboard With Roberta L. Bondar

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. S42-43-013

24 March - 2 April 1992

Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar works with oak seedlings using the glove-box located in International Microgravity Laboratory 1 Rack 5. The five young plants are part of the Gravitational Plant Physiology Facility experiment. IML-1 is located in Discovery's, Orbiter Vehicle 103's, payload bay and is connected to the crew compartment with a tunnel.

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STS-43

STS-43 TDRS-E In Orbit

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS043-601-33

The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite E (TDRS-E) and Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) combination is silhouetted over the cloud-covered Pacific Ocean shortly after deployment from Atlantis', Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104's, payload bay (PLB) during the STS-43 mission. OV-104 leaves TDRS-E/IUS behind as it begins its separation manoeuvres.

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STS-44

STS-44 Crew Patch

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. S44-S-001

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STS-44

STS-44 Onboard With MArio Runco

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS044-19-026

24 Nov. - 1 Dec. 1991

STS-44 Mission Specialist Mario Runco, Jr, wearing communications kit assembly headset, free-floats on the mid-deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. HDST interface unit (HIU) is strapped to Runco's thigh. Note that his back is against the mid-deck ceiling, his feet at the port side wall, and his left hand at the forward lockers. Runco is also wearing a United States Navy T-shirt.

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STS-44

STS-44 The DSP - IUS Spacecraft Deployment

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS44-71-11

25 November 1991

STS-44 Defense Support Program (DSP) / Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) spacecraft, with forward airborne support equipment (ASE) payload retention latch actuator released (foreground), is raised to a 29 degree pre-deployment position by the ASE aft frame tilt actuator (AFTA) table in the payload bay (PLB) of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Underneath the DSP / IUS combination, the umbilical boom is connected to the IUS. DSP components include Infrared (IR) sensor (top), AR I, SHF Antenna, EHF Antenna, Link 2 High-Gain Antenna, star sensor, and stowed solar paddles (box-like structure around the base). The Earth's limb and the blackness of space create the backdrop for this deployment scene.

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STS-44

STS-44 ARS Unit Repairs

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS044-10-028

24 Nov. - 1 Dec. 1991

During STS-44, the Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) Air Revitalization System (ARS) humidifier separator is repaired using a towel and a plastic bag underneath the middeck subfloor of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Problems with the humidifier separator began about midway through the mission.

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STS-45

STS-45 Crew Patch

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. S44-S-001

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STS-45

STS-45 Onboard View Of Auroral Arcs

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. S45-32-007

24 March - 2 April 1992

Earth observation taken onboard Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, is of an active auroral display. The multiple auroral arcs are indicative of magnetic sub-storms caused by the intervention of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetosphere. The red and green colours are caused by emissions from different atmospheric gases. This photograph was acquired while OV-104 was over the South Atlantic Ocean on revolution 65. Barely visible in the foreground is the dark payload bay, OV-104's left wing tip, the orbital manoeuvring system (OMS) pods, and the vertical tail.

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STS-45

STS-45 Onboard View Of Southern Ligthts

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. S45-31-012

24 March - 2 April 1992

Earth observation taken onboard Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, is of the Aurora Australis or Southern Lights. The green appearing auroral activity engulfs the thin blue line on the Earth's limb. Aurorae were observed and photographed throughout the STS-45 nine-day mission.

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STS-45

STS-45 Onboard View Of Southern Ligthts #2

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. S45-32-014

24 March - 2 April 1992

Earth observation taken onboard Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, is of the Aurora Australis or Southern Lights. The STS-45 crewmembers note the interesting spiralling or corkscrew appearance of this particular sighting.

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STS-45

STS-45 Atlantis Touch Down

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS45-S-138

2 April 1992

STS-45 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lands on concrete runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Centre's Shuttle Landing Facility. The main landing gear touched down at 6:23:06 am (Eastern Standard Time) in the early morning Florida fog as seen in these views. The deployed nose landing gear rides above the runway before wheel stop.

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STS-46 Crew Patch

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. S37-S-001

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STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. KSC-92PC-796

2 April 1992

In the Operations and Checkout Building high bay, the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) is being moved into the Cargo Integration Test Equipment stand. After pre-flight testing is complete, the TSS-1 will be transferred in the payload canister transporter to the launch pad, there it will await installation in the cargo bay of the orbiter Atlantis.

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STS-46 EURECA Testing

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. KSC-92PC-1125

21 May 1992

Workers in the Vertical Processing Facility are transferring the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) into a atest cell. Designed and built by an international acontractor team led by German firm MBB/Erno, the EURECA is scheduled for launch on the orbiter Atlantis of Shuttle Mission STS-46.

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STS-46 Atlantis Roll Over

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. KSC-92PC-1265

4 June 1992

The orbiter Atlantis is rolled over from Orbitor Processing Facility High Bay 1 to the VAB. During the five days Atlantis is expected to spend in the VAB, the orbiter will be mated to the ET and solid rocket booster assembly for the STS-46 mission.

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STS-46 Atlantis Roll Over #2

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. KSC-92PC-1267

4 June 1992

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STS-46 Atlantis Roll Over #3

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. KSC-92PC-1268

4 June 1992

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STS-46 Primary Payloads Transfer

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. KSC-92PC-1475

4 June 1992

A KSC worker is dwarfed by the transproter canister that is used to move the TSS-1 and EURECA, STS-46 primary payloads, to Launch Pad 39B for stowage in the orbiter Atlantis's cargo bay.

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STS-46 Lift Off

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS46-S-083

31 July 1992

STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39 at 9:56:47:976 am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). OV-104, atop the external tank (ET) and flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), is nearly clear of the fixed service structure (FSS) tower. OV-104's vertical tail appears to be touching the top of the tower. Florida vegetation and a waterway, reflecting the solid rocket booster (SRB) and space shuttle main engine (SSME) firings, appear in the foreground.

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STS-46 Launch

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS046-S-083

31 July 1992

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STS-46 Lift Off #2

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS046-S-084

31 July 1992

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STS-46 Onboard With Franco Malerba

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS46-03-013

31 July - 8 August 1992

Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing eye glasses and a headband with a penlight flashlight attached, points a camera through a window shade covering overhead window W7 on the aft flight deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Malerba is conducting the Tether Optical Phenomena (TOP) experiment. The camera is mounted on a bracket attached to on-orbit station panel A6 and is equipped with image intensifiers and special filters. Surrounding Malerba are aft flight deck viewing window W9, aft windows shades, the pilots station seat back, and checklists clipped overhead.

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STS-46 RMS Grapples EURECA-1L

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS046-102-021

1 August 1992

The European Retrievable Carrier 1L (EURECA-1L), grappled by the remote manipulator system (RMS) end effector, is positioned over the payload bay of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle 104, prior to deployment. EURECA-1L's solar array panels are deployed. Below EURECA-1L, in the PLB, is the Tethered Satellite System 1 with the TSS-1 satellite stowed in the satellite support assembly mounted on a un-pressurized spacelab pallet. The vertical tail and the orbital manoeuvring system pods are visible. The entire scene is back-dropped by a land mass and ocean on the Earth's surface below.

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STS-46 EURECA-1L Held By RMS

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS046-08-010

1 August 1992

European Retrievable Carrier 1L (EURECA-1L) satellite with solar arrays extended, is grappled by the remote manipulator system (RMS) end effector and is positioned above the payload bay of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle 104 during pre-deployment activities. In the foreground the IMAX Cargo Bay Camera mounted on Small Payloads Accommodations getaway special beam interface appears on the starboard wall and the stowed Tethered Satellite System 1 satellite mounted in the satellite support assembly on the un-pressurized spacelab pallet (centre). The scene is back-dropped by the Earth's limb. A 16mm lens gives this 35mm frame a "fish-eye" effect.

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STS-46 TSS-1 Satellite Deployment

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS046-73-052

4 August 1992

Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operations from the payload bay of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle 104. At the bottom of the frame is the satellite upper boom including (bottom to top) the 12-m deployment boom, tip can, the docking ring, and concentric ring damper. The Langmuir probe and the dipole-field antenna are stowed at either side of the TSS-1 satellite.

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STS-46 Touch Down

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS46-S-153

8 August 1992

STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, touches down on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at 9:11:50 am (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). A cloud of dust is produced by the main landing gear (MLG) as it hits the runway surface with the nose landing gear riding above the runway.

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STS-46 Touch Down #2

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS46-S-154

8 August 1992

STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lands on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at 9:11:50 am (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). As OV-104 rides along the runway via its main landing gear (MLG), three space shuttle main engines (SSMEs), the orbital manoeuvring system (OMS) pods, the vertical stabilizer (tail), and the deployed rudder / speedbrake are visible.

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STS-46 Touch Down #3

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS46-S-155

8 August 1992

STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, touches down on Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) Runway 33 at 9:11:50 am (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). A cloud of dust is produced as the main landing gear hits the runway. In the foreground the landing is reflected in a nearby waterway. KSC's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is seen in the background.

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STS-47

Onboard With Gibson Mohri & Brown

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS47-31-009

12 - 20 September 1992

Pilot Curtis L. Brown, Jr, with chopsticks in his mouth, juggles a handheld computer and a food container while trying to get a bite to eat. Commander Robert L. Gibson (right), holding chopsticks in his hand, watches Brown as Payload Specialist Mamoru Mohri, in the background, prepares to consume his meal in the manner he is accustomed to. Mohri represents Japan's National Space Development Agency. The three crewmembers are on the mid-deck of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Several months of training, as well as the eight-days of sharing research on the Spacelab Japan mission, allowed the astronauts and payload specialist to learn a great deal about the two cultures.

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STS-47

STS-47 Endeavour Touch Down

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS47-S-115

20 September 1992

STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, main landing gear touches down on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Centre's Shuttle Landing Facility at 8:53 am (Eastern Daylight Time). OV-105's starboard profile is captured as it glides along the runway.

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STS-48

STS-48 Crew Insignia

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS48-S-170

July 1991

STS-48 crew insignia was designed by the crewmembers to represent the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery in orbit about the Earth after deploying the Upper Atmospheric Reasearch Satellite.

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STS-48

STS-48 Lift Off

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS48-S-170

12 September 1991

STS-48 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, soars into the evening sky after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex Pad 39A at 7:11:04 pm (Eastern Daylight Time). OV-103's port side, left solid rocket booster (SRB), and the external tank (ET) are visible as it rides atop the glow of the SRB/space shuttle main engine firings and a huge exhaust plume which has engulfed the launch pad area. The launch glow is reflected in a nearby waterway.

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STS-48

STS-48 Discovery Lift Off

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS48-S-178

18 September 1991

STS-48 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, glides above lit concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base during its night landing sequence. With nose landing gear and main landing gear deployed, OV-103 approaches touchdown which occurred at 12:38:38 am (Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Runway marker "2" is visible in the foreground. OV-103 is silhouetted by a spotlight in the background.

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STS-49

STS-49 Crew Patch

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS49-S-001

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STS-49

STS-49 Pre-capture View Of INTELSAT

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS049-52-009

13 May 1992

STS-49 Pre-capture view of the INTELSAT satellite floating freely in space. The satellite is seen floating just below the horizon of the earth's limb before it was captured by the STS-49 crew.

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STS-50

STS-50 In Flight With Bonnie Dunbar

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS50-01-022

25 June - 9 July 1992

View showing Payload Specialist Bonnie Dunbar, in the mid deck, conducting the Zeolite Crystal Growth (ZCG) Experiment in the mid deck stowage locker work area. View shows assembly of zeolite sample in the metal autoclave cylinders prior to insertion into the furnace.

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STS-50

STS-50 In Flight With Dunbar & DeLucas

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS50-02-020

25 June - 9 July 1992

View showing Payload Specialists Bonnie Dunbar and Larry DeLucas in the aft section of the U. S. Microgravity Laboratory-1. Dunbar prepares to load a sample in the Crystal Growth Furnace (CGF) Integrated Furnace Experiment Assembly (IFEA) in rack 9 of the Microgravity Laboratory, while DeLucas checks out the multi-purpose Glovebox Facility.

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STS-50

STS-50 In Flight With Gene Trinh

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS50-02-028

25 June - 9 July 1992

Payload Specialist Eugene Trinh working in the mid section of the U. S. Microgravity Laboratory-1 with the Drop Physics Module, Rack 8.

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STS-51

STS-51 Lift Off

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS051-S-106

12 September 1993

View from across the water as the Space Shuttle Discovery clears the launch tower for a nine-day stay in Earth orbit to support the STS-51 mission. Launch occurred at 7:45 a.m., September 12, 1993.

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STS-51

STS-51 Lift Off #2

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS051-S-108

12 September 1993

The Space Shuttle Discovery clears the launch tower for a nine-day stay in Earth orbit to support the STS-51 mission. Note the diamond shock effect forming from the thrust of the three main engines. Launch occurred at 7:45 a.m., September 12, 1993.

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STS-51

STS-51 ORFEUS Deployment

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS051-71-082

24 September 1993

The Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer (ORFEUS) with its Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS) carrier is held on the end of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm prior to its release on Flight Day two.

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STS-51

STS-51 Early Morning Touchdown

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS051-S-157

22 September 1993

A outstandingly beautiful view of the Shuttle Discovery as it nears the completion of a ten-day mission on the Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC with the first night landing for the Shuttle Program. Discovery's main landing gear touched down at 3:56 a.m. on 22 September 1993 as seen in the very beautiful photograph.

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STS-51

STS-51 Early Morning Touchdown #2

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS051-S-156

22 September 1993

A beautiful and surreal view of the Shuttle Discovery at the completion of a ten-day mission on the Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC with the first night landing for the Shuttle Program. Discovery's main landing gear touched down at 3:56 a.m. on 22 September 1993 as seen in the very beautiful photograph.

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STS-52

STS-52 Lift Off

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS051-S-052

22 October 1992

STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, clears the tower after lift-off from Kennedy Space Centre Launch Complex Pad 39B at 1:09:39 pm (Eastern Daylight Time). The diamond shock effect from OV-102's three space shuttle main engines (SSMEs) is visible. Exhaust billows from the solid rocket boosters and covers the LC Pad in a cloud.

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STS-52

STS-52 Deployment Of Italian Rocket

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS052-80-035

22 October - 1 November 1992

During STS-52 deployment activities, the Italian Research Interim Stage, a spinning solid fuel rocket, lifts the Laser Geodynamic Satellite II out of its support cradle and above the thermal shield aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. The remote manipulator system arm, with Material Exposure in Low Earth Orbit, is positioned above the port side.

In this view the Italian RIS is well clear of Columbia's cargo bay.

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STS-52

STS-52 Earth Limb At Sunset

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS052-15-007

22 October - 1 November 1992

This cross section of the Earth's atmosphere at sunset and earth limb (24.5S, 43.5E) displays an unusual layering believed to be caused by temperature inversions which effectively concentrate smoke, dust and aerosols into narrow layers. the top of the stratosphere can be seen as the top of the white layer thought to contain volcanic debris. The purple layer is the troposphere containing smoke from landclearing biomass burning.

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STS-52

STS-52 PARLIQ Experiment

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS052-203-034

1 November 1992

Protein crystal growth sample trays from the mid-deck stowage locker Commercial Material Dispersion Apparatus Minilab/Instrumentation Technology Associates, Inc., Experiment (CMIX).

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STS-52

STS-52 Columbia Touch Down

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS052-S-097

1 November 1992

STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, main landing gear tires ride along runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Centre Shuttle Landing Facility at 9:05:53 am (Eastern Standard Time). The nose landing gear (NLG) rides above the runway before touchdown. OV-102's starboard profile is reflected in a pond in the foreground.

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STS-52

STS-52 Touch Down

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS052-S-098

1 November 1992

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STS-52

STS-52 Touch Down #2

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS052-S-099

1 November 1992

During STS-52 landing, Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, drag chute is deployed after main landing gear and nose landing gear touchdown on runway 33 at Kennedy Space Centre Shuttle Landing Facility. Landing occurred at 9:05:53 am (EST).

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STS-53

STS-53 Lift Off

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. STS052-80-035

2 December 1992

STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rises into the clear morning sky after liftoff from Kennedy Space Centre Launch Complex Pad 39A at 8:24:00 am (Eastern Standard Time). This profile view shows OV-103, riding atop the external tank and flanked by two solid rocket boosters. Exhaust plumes billow from the SRB skirts. The diamond shock effect is visible at the three space shuttle main engine (SSME) nozzles.

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