NASA Photo ID: S90-36706           File Name: 10063927.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 05/07/90
  Title: STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) telescopes at KSC processing facility
  Description:
  STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) payload is processed at Kennedy
  Space  Center (KSC) facility.  In the foreground, mounted on a two-axis
  pointing  system (TAPS) is the Broad Band X Ray Telescope (BBXRT).  Only
  one of the  three ultraviolet telescopes mounted on the instrument pointing
  system (IPS)  is visible - the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT).  Above
  the UIT is a  star tracker (AST).  ASTRO-1 telescopes on unpressurized
  pallets (u-pallets)  will be inserted in Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV)
  102's, payload bay  (PLB).  The STS-35 payload is the first horizontal
  payload flown since late  1985.  View provided by KSC with alternate number
  KSC-90PC-398.             
  Subject terms:
  ASTRO MISSIONS (STS)                    
  COLUMBIA (ORBITER)                      
  PREFLIGHT OPERATIONS                    
  SPACELAB                                
  STS-35                                  
  THERMAL PROTECTION                      
  ULTRAVIOLET TELESCOPES                  
  X RAY TELESCOPES                        
  

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