CRISTA-SPAS-1

Forfatter/Opretter:

NASA

Kredit:

http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=STS066&roll=96&frame=030 (direct link); see also https://images.nasa.gov/details-sts066-96-030

Shortlink:

https://dkwiki.dk/b/2d00b

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Wikimedia Commons

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5254 x 5254 Pixel (10405110 Bytes)

beskrivelse:

Masses of clouds serve as the backdrop for this close-up 70mm scene of the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere (CRISTA), attached to the Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS). CRISTA-SPAS was in the grasp of the Space Shuttle Atlantis' Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm. The crew deployed the CRISTA-SPAS on November 4, 1994 and the spacecraft remained in free-flight until November 12, 1994 when it was retrieved by the Canadian-built RMS, controlled by payload commander Ellen Ochoa. Other crew members onboard Atlantis were astronauts Donald R. McMonagle, Curtis L. Brown, Jr., Scott E. Parazynski and Joseph R. Tanner, along with Jean-Francois Clervoy of ESA. The six astronauts spent 11-days in Earth-orbit in support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3) mission.

Licens:

Public domain