NASA Photo ID: STS030-10-003       File Name: 10063309.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 05/08/89
  Title: STS-30 onboard view of fluids experiment apparatus (FEA) equipment
  Description:
  STS-30 Fluids Experiment Apparatus 2 (FEA-2) (SK73-000102) unit is set up
  in  aft middeck locker location onboard Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. 
  Two  8mm video camcorders are positioned above FEA-2 unit to record
  experiment  titled "Floating Zone Crystal Growth and Purification".
  Rockwell  International (RI) through its Space Transportation Systems
  Division, Downey,  California, is engaged in a joint endeavor agreement
  (JEA) with NASA's Office  of Commercial Programs in the field for floating
  zone crystal growth  research.              
  Subject terms:
  ATLANTIS (ORBITER)                      
  CAMERAS                                 
  CRYSTAL GROWTH                          
  MATERIALS SCIENCE                       
  MIDDECK                                 
  SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS                  
  STS-30
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