DÉCOUVERTE DE LA NAVETTE SPATIALE À BORD - 18 septembre 1991 - le satellite de recherche de la haute atmosphère (UARS) est à la portée du système de manipulateur à distance (
3000 x 2336 px | 25,4 x 19,8 cm | 10 x 7,8 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
18 septembre 1991
Lieu:
Earth
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ONBOARD SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY- 18 September 1991 - The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is in the grasp of the remote manipulator system (RMS) end effector above the payload bay (PLB) of the Earth-orbiting Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103 during STS-48 pre-deployment checkout procedures. UARS solar array (SA) is in the process of being deployed. Visible on the UARS are (top to bottom): the high-gain antenna (HGA); the Solar Stellar Pointing Platform (SSPP) (below HGA); outrigger truss; the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) spectrometer (above SA); the SA; RMS grapple fixture; the Particle Environment Monitor (PEM) Zenith Energetic Particle System (ZEPS) (top next to second outrigger truss); the PEM Nadir Energetic Particle System (NEPS) magnetometer (below ZEPS); an outrigger truss and keel pin; and the Multimission Modular Spacecraft (MSS) - Photo: Geopix/NASA