NASA Photo ID: STS056-153-090      File Name: 10073226.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 view of freeflying SPARTAN-201 backdropped over the Mediterranean Sea
  Description:
  During STS-56, the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy
  201  (SPARTAN-201), a freeflying payload, was photographed by Discovery's,
  Orbiter  Vehicle (OV) 103's, crewmembers as it drifted above the
  Mediterranean Sea at  a point between southern Greece and the island of
  Crete.  On the mission's  third day, the remote manipulator system (RMS)
  arm was used to lift  SPARTAN-201 from its support structure in OV-103's
  payload bay and release it  in space.  SPARTAN-201 was later recaptured by
  OV-103's RMS and returned to  Earth with the astronaut crew.                
  
  Subject terms:
  CLOUDS                                  
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  GREECE                                  
  ISLANDS                                 
  MEDITERRANEAN SEA                       
  SPARTAN SATELLITES                      
  STS-56
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