NASA Photo ID: STS041-75-000C      File Name: 10064429.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 10/10/90
  Title: Ulysses spacecraft and its upper stage system are deployed during STS-41
  Description:
  With the Earth's surface below, the Ulysses spacecraft and its upper stage 
  system consisting of a two-stage inertial upper stage (IUS) (gold-colored 
  with rocket nozzle visible) and the payload assist module-Shuttle (PAM-S) 
  (middle section) drift against the blackness of space after deployment from 
  Discovery's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103's, payload bay (PLB) during STS-41.  
  The airborne support equipment (ASE) extending from the spacecraft at the 
  PAM-S/IUS mating interface is visible.               
  
  Subject terms:
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EARTH LIMB                              
  EARTH SURFACE                           
  INERTIAL UPPER STAGE                    
  PAYLOAD ASSIST MODULE                   
  PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM   
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS                  
  STS-41                                  
  ULYSSES MISSION
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