NASA [STS-4]

Name: SHUTTLE COLUMBIA DETECTING CONTAMINATES, JUNE 27 - JULY 4, 1982
Brand: NASA [STS-4]
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SHUTTLE COLUMBIA DETECTING CONTAMINATES, JUNE 27 - JULY 4, 1982

NASA [STS-4]

Closed: 18 May 2022

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Shuttle Columbia detecting contaminates

June 27 - July 4, 1982

Vintage photograph with red NASA MSC number “STS-4-37-670” with “This Paper Manufactured By Kodak” watermarks on the verso and NASA MSC caption.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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The North Atlantic Ocean southeast of the Bahamas serves as backdrop for this 70mm scene of the Columbia’s remote manipulator system (RMS) arm and hand-like device (called an end effector) grasping a multi-instrument monitor for detecting contaminates. The experiment is called the induced environment contaminant monitor (IECM). The small box contains 11 instruments for checking the contaminants in and around the orbiter’s cargo bay which might adversely affect delicate experiments carried onboard. Astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly II and Henry W. Hartsfield Jr. manned the Columbia for seven days and one hour. The Columbia’s vertical tail and orbital manoeuvring system (OMS) pods are at left foreground.

From NASA caption.