Payload Bay as STS-116 Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the ISS
S116-E-05504 (11 Dec. 2006) --- As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery, the shuttle's payload bay and the approaching International Space Station (background) are featured in this image photographed by a STS-116 crewmember during flight day three activities. Pictured in the payload bay are the shuttle's docking mechanism (foreground), Spacehab module (partially obscured), the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robotic arm (right), and the Remote Manipulator System/Orbiter Boom Sensor System (left, in stowed position).
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s116e05504
Date Created
December 11, 2006
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JSC
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