
STS081-E-05126 (13 Jan. 1997) --- Astronaut Michael A. Baker, mission commander, uses a 35mm camera to photograph a target of opportunity on Earth from the Space Shuttle Atlantis' aft flight deck. Baker and five crew mates will dock with Russia's Mir Space Station around the middle of the week. This image was recorded with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC) and was later downlinked to flight controllers in Houston, Texas. A second ESC, devoted to an educational, geographic project called Kidsat, is mounted in the viewing port above Baker's head.
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s81e5126
Date Created
January 13, 1997
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JSC
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