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NASA Center: Kennedy Space Center
Image # : 90PC-0098
Date : 1/30/1990

Title

LDEF Return to KSC

Full Description

Suspended above the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia, the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) is monitored by technicians during its move from the Space Shuttle to a transportation canister. LDEF, with 57 experiments, spent almost six years in space before being retrieved by the STS-32 crew in January 1990.

Keywords

STS-32 Columbia Long Duration Exposure Facility LDEF

Subject Category

Space Shuttle,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: KSC
  • Center Number: 90PC-0098
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-000676

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

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