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- 3-1 4 NOVEMBER 1 994 STS066-96-030
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- JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS
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- STS-66 ONBOARD VIEW --- Masses of clouds serve as the backdrop for this
- close-up 70mm scene of the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes
- for the Atmosphere (CRISTA), attached to the Shuttle Pallet Satellite
- (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 spacecraft 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, Scott E. Parazynski and
- Joseph R. Tanner, along with JeanFrancois Clervoy of 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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