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- 3-14 NOVEMBER 1994 STS066-129-043
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- JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS
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- STS-66 ONBOARD VIEW --- Clouds over the Atlantic Ocean serve as the
- backdrop for this 70mm scene of the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and
- Telescopes for the Atmosphere (CRISTA), attached to the Shuttle Pallet
- System (SPAS). CRISTA-SPAS was in the grasp of the Space Shuttle Atlantis'
- Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm The crew deployed the CRISTA- SPAS on
- November 4, 1994 and the tandem remained in free- flight until November
- 12, 1994 when it was retrieved by the Canadian-built RMS, controlled by
- payload commander Ellen Ochoa. Other crew members onboard Atlantis were
- astronauts Donald R. McMonagle, Curtis L. Brown Jr., Scott E. Parazynski
- and Joseph R. Tanner, along with Jean-Francois Clervoy of the European
- Space Agency (ESA). The six astronauts spent 11 days in Earth-orbit in
- support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
- (ATLAS-3) mission.
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- PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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