NASA Photo ID: STS032-541-008      File Name: 10063473.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 01/20/90
  Title: LDEF grappled by remote manipulator system (RMS) during STS-32 retrieval
  Description:
  This view taken through overhead window W7 on Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle 
  (OV) 102's, aft flight deck shows the Long Duration Exposure Facility
  (LDEF)  in the grasp of the remote manipulator system (RMS) during STS-32
  retrieval  activities.  Other cameras at eye level were documenting the
  bus-sized  spacecraft at various angles as the RMS manipulated LDEF for a
  lengthy photo  survey.  The glaring celestial body in the upper left is the
  sun with the  Earth's surface visible below.               
  
  Subject terms:
  COLUMBIA (ORBITER)                      
  EARTH LIMB                              
  EARTH SURFACE                           
  LONG DURATION EXPOSURE FACILITY (LDEF)  
  PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM   
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  STS-32                                  
  SUN                                     
  WINDOWS
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