STS087-365-012 - STS-087 - Crewmember activity in the middeck and flight deck

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STS087-365-012 - STS-087 - Crewmember activity in the middeck and flight deck

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Description: STS-87 Mission Specialist Winston Scott floats in the middeck surrounded by trash bags (001-3). Crowd of crewmembers looking out overhead flight deck windows at the Earth, including Kalpana Chawla, Kevin Kregel, Steve Lindsey and Leonid Kadenyuk (004-8). Kregel and Lindsey floating in the filght deck (009-13).

Subject Terms: STS-87, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), ASTRONAUTS, MIDDECK, FLIGHT DECK

Date Taken: 1/14/1998

Categories: Crew Activities

Interior_Exterior: Interior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-87

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Date

1995

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/

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