NASA Photo ID: STS048-31-002       File Name: 10065053.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 09/18/91
  Title: STS-48 Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is released by OV-103's RMS
  Description:
  The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is released by the remote 
  manipulator system (RMS) end effector and moves away into the blackness of 
  space.  During STS-48 deployment, the RMS lower arm boom, wrist pitch
  joint,  and end effector are seen in the foreground.  On UARS, the grapple
  fixture  (center), the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) spectrometer (left of
  RMS), the  Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer (on top above grapple
  fixture), the  Particle Environment Monitor (PEM) Zenith Energetic Particle
  System (ZEPS)  (right), and the PEM Nadir Energetic Particle System (NEPS)
  magnetometer  (bottom right) are visible.                
  
  Subject terms:
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  END EFFECTORS                           
  ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH SATELLITES       
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS                  
  STS-48                                  
  UPPER ATMOSPHERE
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