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S08-33-1009 - STS-008 - PFTA/RMS as seen from aft flight window of shuttle Challenger

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S08-33-1009 - STS-008 - PFTA/RMS as seen from aft flight window of shuttle Challenger

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Description: Views of the Payload Flight Test Article (PFTA) and a portion of the Remote Manipulator system (RMS) arm as seen through the overhead windows on the aft flight deck of the shuttle Challenger. Only partial views of the PFTA against the cloudy earth background.

Subject Terms: STS-8, CHALLENGER (ORBITER), SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS, ONBOARD ACTIVITIES, REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM

Categories: Payload Bay

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Element: Shuttle Payload Bay

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

geon: MOZAMBIQUE

feat: MORRUMBENE, PFTA

lat: -23.5

lon: 35.5

tilt: Near Vertical

cldp: 5
STS-8

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Date

1981 - 1989
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Source

The U.S. National Archives
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