S37-99-041 - STS-037 - The Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) grappled by the RMS during STS-37 deployment
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- 1981-04-12/2011-07-21
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The original finding aid described this as: Description: Backdropped against the Earth's surface, the Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) with its solar array (SA) panels deployed is grappled by the remote manipulator system (RMS) during STS-37 systems checkout. GRO's four complement instruments are visible: the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET)(at the bottom); the Imaging Compton Telescope (COMPTEL) (center); the Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment (OSSE) (top); and Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) (on four corners). The view was taken by STS-37 crew through an aft flight deck overhead window. Subject Terms: STS-37 ATLANTIS (ORBITER) GAMMA RAY OBSERVATORY PAYLOAD BAY REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM SOLAR ARRAYS EARTH SURFACE Date Taken: 4/7/1991 Categories: Payloads Interior_Exterior: Exterior Ground_Orbit: On-orbit Original: Film - 70MM CT Preservation File Format: TIFF geon: USA-FLORIDA feat: GRO DEPLOY DK/SO.FLORIDA lat: 28.5 lon: -81 tilt: 24 cldp: 60 nlat: 28.5 nlon: -79.2 dir: W azi: 97 alt: 247 elev: 27
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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. S37-99-041 - STS-037 - The Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) grappled by the RMS during STS-37 deployment. 1981-04-12/2011-07-21. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/22603732. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973, (1981-04-12/2011-07-21) S37-99-041 - STS-037 - The Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) grappled by the RMS during STS-37 deployment. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/22603732
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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/22603732>.