< STS056-153-90 >
| NASA Photo ID | STS056-153-90 |
| Focal Length | 90mm |
| Date taken | 1993.04.__ |
| Time taken | GMT |
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Spacecraft nadir point:
Photo center point: 36.0° N, 23.5° E
Photo center point by machine learning:
Photo center point: 36.0° N, 23.5° E
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Spacecraft Altitude: nautical miles (0km)
Country or Geographic Name: | GREECE |
Features: | PELOPONNESUS, SATELLITE |
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Cloud Cover Percentage: | 50 (26-50)% |
Sun Elevation Angle: | ° |
Sun Azimuth: | ° |
Camera: | Linhof |
Focal Length: | 90mm |
Camera Tilt: | Low Oblique |
Format: | QX868: Kodak, natural color positive, Ektachrome QX868(5017 emulsion), ASA 64, thin base |
Film Exposure: | Normal |
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No GeoTIFF is available for this photo.Image Caption: 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.
