NASA Photo ID: S90-36708           File Name: 10063925.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 05/07/90
  Title: STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) in OV-102's payload bay at KSC
  Description:
  STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) view shows its telescopes,
  instrument  pointing system (IPS), and support equipment installed in
  Columbia's, Orbiter  Vehicle (OV) 102's, payload bay (PLB) at the Kennedy
  Space Center (KSC)  Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF).  In the foreground
  is the Spacelab Pallet  System (SPS) igloo.  The stowed IPS with its three
  ultraviolet telescopes  appears in the center of the picture.  In the
  background, the Broad Band X  Ray Telescope (BBXRT) two axis pointing
  system (TAPS) is barely visible.   View provided by KSC with alternate
  number KSC-90PC-423.              
  Subject terms:
  ASTRO MISSIONS (STS)                    
  COLUMBIA (ORBITER)                      
  PAYLOAD BAY                             
  PREFLIGHT OPERATIONS                    
  SPACELAB                                
  STS-35                                  
  THERMAL PROTECTION                      
  ULTRAVIOLET TELESCOPES                  
  X RAY TELESCOPES                        
  

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