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The LDEF satellite caught by the space shuttle.

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: e-sat01-00150

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 33 cm

The Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) is grappled by remote manipulator system end effector and positioned horizontally over Columbia during STS-32 retrieval activities. LDEF is a free-flying passive spacecraft that has provided 57 experiments with long-term exposure to the space environment. The gradient stabilized platform was deployed in April, 1984.

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1990 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - CANADARM - COLUMBIA - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EXPERIMENT - LDEF - PAYLOAD BAY - ROBOTIC ARM - SPACE - SPACE SHUTTLE - STS-32 -