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S05-16-642 - STS-005 - Glow experiment documentation of OMS/RCS pods and vertical stabilizer

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S05-16-642 - STS-005 - Glow experiment documentation of OMS/RCS pods and vertical stabilizer

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Description: Glow experiment documentation of orbital maneuvering system (OMS) reaction control system (RCS) pods and vertical stabilizer shows chemoluminescent effect resulting from atomic oxygen impacting the spacecraft and building to the point that the atomic oxygen atoms combine to form molecules of oxygen. Image intensifier on NIKON 35mm camera used to record glow on vertical tail and OMS pods.

Subject Terms: ONBOARD ACTIVITIES TAIL ASSEMBLIES ATOMIC INTERACTIONS CHEMILUMINESCENCE SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 31-A COLUMBIA (ORBITER) ORBIT MANEUVERING ENGINE (SPACE SHUTTLE)

Date Taken: 11/16/1982

Categories: Experiment (Non-medical)

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Element: Shuttle Payload Bay

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-5

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1982
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The U.S. National Archives
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