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View of the Columbia's aft section while over Mediterranean Sea
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View of the Columbia's aft section while over Mediterranean Sea

This southerly looking view photographed from the orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia shows a small portion of the vehichle's aft section. The 50-ft Canadian built remote manipulator system (RMS) is in a resting posture (lower right corner) stretched out along the 60-ft. long cargo bay. Many of the components of the OSS-1 payload package are in the bottom center. The Mediterranean Sea is at right foreground. Parts of the Sinai peninsula, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon can be located in the photo. The Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Suez Canal are near the photo's horizon.

Date
1982-03-31
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"View of the Columbia's aft section while over Mediterranean Sea" (1982-03-31). NASA/JSC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/S82-28920

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