NASA Photo ID: S89-41411           File Name: 10063889.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 08/10/89
  Title: STS-35 ASTRO-1 cruciform with ultraviolet telescopes - UIT, HUT, WUPPE
  Description:
  STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) cruciform with ultraviolet
  telescopes  awaits integration with the instrument pointing system (IPS) in
  the Kennedy  Space Center (KSC) Operations and Checkout Building cleanroom. 
  The Astro  observatory includes three ultraviolet telescopes - the
  Ultraviolet Imaging  Telescope (UIT), Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT),
  Wisconsin Ultraviolet  Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE) - and support
  equipment - star tracker  (STRK), optical sensor package (OSP), and
  integrated radiator system (IRS). The ASTRO-1 payload is in onorbit
  operating configuration.  View provided by  KSC with alternate number
  KSC-88PC-415.             
  Subject terms:
  ASTRO MISSIONS (STS)                    
  CLEAN ROOMS                             
  COLUMBIA (ORBITER)                      
  PREFLIGHT OPERATIONS                    
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS                  
  STS-35                                  
  ULTRAVIOLET ASTRONOMY                   
  ULTRAVIOLET TELESCOPES                  
  

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