| Description: Artist concept shows STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) and Broad Band X-Ray Telescope (BBXRT) in Columbia's, OV-102's, payload bay (PLB). ASTRO-1 spacelab pallet in the forward PLB includes three ultraviolet telescopes - Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE), and Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) - mounted on the instrument pointing system (IUS). In the aft PLB is the BBXRT mounted on a two-axis pointing system (TAPS). ASTRO-1 instruments will explore the invisible ultraviolet and x-ray universe in greater depth and detail than ever before. Like ground observatories, this new facility will be used by scientists to investigate a variety of astronomical questions. Ultraviolet and x-ray observations will identify hot and energetic sources in the Universe, including astronomical targets within the solar system; individual stars, stellar systems, and nebulae; and distant galactic systems, quasars, and clusters of galaxies. Drawing done by Randy Van Nostrand and provided by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) with alternate number 8911182.
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| NASA Photo ID: S90-38108 |
Film Type: 4x5 |
Date Taken: 05/22/90 |
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