NASA Photo ID: STS056-90-034       File Name: 10072702.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 view of freeflying SPARTAN-201 backdropped against heavy cloud cover
  Description:
  During STS-56, the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy
  201  (SPARTAN-201), a freeflying payload, is captured as it orbits above
  the  Earth.  Backdropped against heavy cloud cover over the Mediterranean
  Sea,  the SPARTAN-201 was photographed by the crewmembers aboard Discovery,
  Orbiter  Vehicle (OV) 103.  SPARTAN-201 was later captured by OV-103's
  remote  manipulator system (RMS) and returned to Earth with the astronaut
  crew.  Note  the tip of OV-103's vertical stabilizer (tail) at the frame's
  edge.               
  Subject terms:
  CLOUDS                                  
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  SPARTAN SATELLITES                      
  STS-56                                  
  TAIL ASSEMBLIES
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