S03-24-189 - STS-003 - Payload bay (PLB) door opening / closing procedures

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: Payload bay (PLB) door opening / closing procedures taken from aft viewing windows looking aft show left door closed. Remote manipulator system (RMS) arm stowed on port side longeron and Office of Space Science (OSS) 1 unpressurized u-shaped Spacelab (SL) pallet with Vehicle Charging and Potential (VCAP) Experiment, Induced Atmosphere Experiment, Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM), and Solar Flare X-Ray Polarimeter Experiment (on starboard side); Plasma Diagnostics Package (PDP), PDP Antenna, and Contamination Monitor Package (CMP) (on the port side); and Thermal Canister Experiment (TCE) (in center, above other experiments) also appear in views. As doors open and close, orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods are seen in the background.

Subject Terms: ONBOARD ACTIVITIES, PAYLOAD BAY, OSS-1 PAYLOAD, DOORS, SPACECRAFT RADIATORS REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM 3 FLIGHT

Date Taken: 3/30/1982

Categories: Payload Bay

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-3