NASA Photo ID: S90-29046           File Name: 10063472.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 02/14/90
  Title: At KSC, scientists examine LDEF stowed in OV-102's payload bay
  Description:
  At Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF), 
  scientists examine the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) still stowed
  in  Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, payload bay (PLB).  LDEF, a 
  free-flying passive spacecraft that accomodated 57 scientific experiments, 
  was retrieved during the STS-32 mission.  The gravity gradient stabilized 
  platform was deployed in April, 1984.  View provided by KSC with alternate 
  number KSC-90PC-81.               
  Subject terms:
  COLUMBIA (ORBITER)                      
  LONG DURATION EXPOSURE FACILITY (LDEF)  
  PAYLOAD BAY                             
  POSTFLIGHT ANALYSIS                     
  POSTMISSION ANALYSIS (SPACECRAFT)       
  STS-32
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