STS052-71-052 - STS-052 - STS-52 CANEX-2 Canadian Target Assembly (CTA) held by RMS over OV-102's PLB
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- 1981-04-12/2011-07-21
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The original finding aid described this as: Description: In operation during STS-52 above the payload bay (PLB) of Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, is the Canadian Experiment 2 (CANEX-2) Space Vision System (SVS) experiment. Target dots have been placed on the Canadian Target Assembly (CTA), a small spacecraft, in the grasp of the Canadian-built remote manipulator system (RMS) arm. With the shuttle's closed circuit television (CCTV) system, the payload specialist monitors the movement of the 4-foot by 7-foot by 1.5-foot deployed spacecraft, whose surface is covered with many sets of dots of know spacing. As the satellite moved via the RMS, the SVS computer measured the changing position of the dots and provided real-time television display of the location and orientation of the CTA. This type of information is expected to help an operator guide the RMS or the Mobile Servicing System (MSS) of the future when berthing or deploying satellites. Also visible on the RMS is another CANEX-2 payload, the Material Exposure in Low Earth Orbit (MELEO). On the mission-peculiar equipment support structure (MPESS) carriers in the center background is the United States Microgravity Payload 1 (USMP-1) with Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS), MEPHISTO (its French abbreviation), Lambda Point Experiment (LPE) cryostat assembly (identified by JPL insignia), and LPE vacuum maintenance assembly. On the starbord wall (left) is the Attitude Sensor Package (ASP). Image 056 was selected by the Public Affairs Office. Subject Terms: STS-52, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), CANADIAN SPACE PROGRAM, END EFFECTORS, PAYLOAD BAY, REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM, SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS, TARGETS Date Taken: 10/29/1992 Categories: Payloads Interior_Exterior: Exterior Ground_Orbit: On-orbit Original: Film - 70MM CT Preservation File Format: TIFF feat: NON-EARTHOBS nlat: 25.6 nlon: -78 azi: 105 alt: 155 elev: 1
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973
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- National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
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- Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission Photographs Taken During the Space Shuttle Program
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973. STS052-71-052 - STS-052 - STS-52 CANEX-2 Canadian Target Assembly (CTA) held by RMS over OV-102's PLB. 1981-04-12/2011-07-21. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/23241572. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973, (1981-04-12/2011-07-21) STS052-71-052 - STS-052 - STS-52 CANEX-2 Canadian Target Assembly (CTA) held by RMS over OV-102's PLB. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/23241572
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://catalog.archives.gov/id/23241572>.