NASA Photo ID: S90-36707           File Name: 10063926.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) is installed in Columbia's, Orbiter 
  Vehicle (OV) 102's, payload bay (PLB) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) 
  Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF).  On the left, in the aft PLB is the
  Broad  Band X Ray Telescope (BBXRT) mounted on the two axis pointing system
  (TAPS).   In the center, the three ultraviolet telescopes - Wisconsin
  Ultraviolet  Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE), the Hopkins Ultraviolet
  Telescope  (HUT), and the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) - are mounted
  on the  instrument pointing system (IPS) and are in stowed position.  At
  the far  right is the Spacelab Pallet System (SPS) igloo.  View provided by
  KSC with  alternate number KSSC-90PC-421.            
  
  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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