NASA Photo ID: S89-48714           File Name: 10063773.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 11/07/89
  Title: STS-34 Galileo spacecraft / IUS deployment taken by the IMAX camera
  Description:
  During STS-34 the Galileo spacecraft atop the inertial upper stage (IUS) is 
  deployed from Atlantis', Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104's, payload bay (PLB).  In 
  the foreground, the shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (SSBUV) get away 
  special (GAS) canisters are visible on the starboard PLB wall.  The
  airborne  support equipment (ASE) forward cradle and aft frame tilt
  actuator  (AFTA) table at a 58 degree angle is visible beneath Galileo/IUS
  as it rises  out of the PLB.  In the background are OV-104's wing tips and
  orbital  maneuvering system (OMS) pods and the Earth's limb.  OV-104's
  reaction  control system (RCS) thrusters were inhibited and an
  ordnance-separation  device initiated to physically separate the
  IUS/spacecraft combination from  the tilt table. This is a frame taken from
  a 70mm motion picture film of the  deployment sequence.  The film will be
  used in the forthcoming "Blue Planet"  which will address Earth's
  environmental problems from the perspective of  space-based observation and
  solar system exploration.  The film is being  produced by IMAX Space
  Technology Inc. for the sponsor, the Smithsonian  Institution.  NASA is
  cooperating in the production by taking the camera into  space.  The
  Lockheed Corporation is providing financial support.  PHOTO  CREDIT:
  NASA/Smithsonian Institution.    
  Subject terms:
  ATLANTIS (ORBITER)                      
  EARTH LIMB                              
  EARTH SURFACE                           
  GALILEO SPACECRAFT                      
  INERTIAL UPPER STAGE                    
  PAYLOAD BAY                             
  PAYLOAD DELIVERY (STS)                  
  STS-34                                  
  

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