51F-33-029 - STS-51F - Instrument Positioning System (IPS) and Plasma Diagnostics Package (PDP)

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: Photographic documentation showing the payload bay. Views include: Solar Optical Universal Polarimeter (SOUP) experiment is visible among the cluster of Spacelab 2 hardware in the payload bay. Various components of the Instrument Positioning System (IPS) are seen in the center of the frame and the Plasma Diagnostics Package (PDP) is attached to the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) above the open payload bay.

Subject Terms: PAYLOAD BAY HARDWARE SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS SPACE PLASMAS SPACELAB SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 51-F CHALLENGER (ORBITER)

Date Taken: 7/31/1985 0:00

Categories: Shuttle Configuration

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Element: Shuttle Payload Bay

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

feat: PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS PKG

nlat: -12.3

nlon: -132.8

azi: 354

alt: 170

elev: 59
STS-51F