S05-16-626 - STS-005 - Glow experiment documentation of wing tip, OMS/RCS pods, vertical stabilizer

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: Glow experiment documentation of wing tip, orbital maneuvering system (OMS) reaction control system (RCS) pods, and vertical stabilizer shows chemo- luminescent effect resulting from atomic oxygen impacting the spacecraft and building to the point that the atomic oxygen atoms combine to form molecules of oxygen. Image intensifier on NIKON 35mm camera used to record glow on wing tip.

Subject Terms: ONBOARD ACTIVITIES TAIL ASSEMBLIES ATOMIC INTERACTIONS CHEMILUMINESCENCE SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 31-A COLUMBIA (ORBITER) ORBIT MANEUVERING ENGINE (SPACE SHUTTLE)

Date Taken: 11/16/1982

Categories: Experiment (Non-medical)

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Element: Shuttle Payload Bay

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF
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