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NASA image: STS-43 official crew portrait
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Nov 9, 1999

STS-43 official crew portrait

STS043-S-002 (May 1991) --- These five astronauts have been assigned to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis for...

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NASA image: STS-43 Earth observation of a colorful sunrise
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Aug 11, 1991

STS-43 Earth observation of a colorful sunrise

STS-43 Earth observation taken aboard Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, captures the Earth's limb at sunrise with...

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NASA image: STS-43 crewmembers pose for onorbit (in space) portrait on OV-104's middeck
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Aug 11, 1991

STS-43 crewmembers pose for onorbit (in space) portrait on OV-104's middeck

STS043-40-029 (2-11 Aug 1991) --- The five crewmembers on NASA's STS-43 mission pose for the traditional in-flight...

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NASA image: STS-43 Mission Specialist (MS) Low exercises on OV-104's middeck treadmill
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Aug 11, 1991

STS-43 Mission Specialist (MS) Low exercises on OV-104's middeck treadmill

STS043-04-016 (2-11 Aug 1991) --- Astronaut G. David Low, STS-43 mission specialist, works out on a treadmill device...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Aug 2, 1991

Space Shuttle Projects

Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on August 2, 1991, the STS-43 mission’s primary payload was the Tracking...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Aug 2, 1991

Space Shuttle Projects

Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on August 2, 1991, the STS-43 mission’s primary payload was the Tracking...

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NASA image: STS-43 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lands on runway 15 at KSC's SLF
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Aug 11, 1991

STS-43 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lands on runway 15 at KSC's SLF

STS-43 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lands on runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Shuttle Landing...

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NASA image: STS-43 TDRS-E during preflight processing at KSC's VPF
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Jun 13, 1991

STS-43 TDRS-E during preflight processing at KSC's VPF

STS-43 Tracking and Data Relay Satellite E (TDRS-E) undergoes preflight processing in the Kennedy Space Center's...

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NASA image: STS-43 Pilot Baker reviews checklist on OV-104's aft flight deck
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Aug 11, 1991

STS-43 Pilot Baker reviews checklist on OV-104's aft flight deck

STS043-04-032 (11 Aug 1991) --- STS-43 Pilot Michael A. Baker, wearing sunglasses, reviews a checklist on the aft...

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NASA image: STS-43 Mission Specialist (MS) Adamson uses camera on aft flight deck
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Aug 11, 1991

STS-43 Mission Specialist (MS) Adamson uses camera on aft flight deck

STS043-21-013 (2-11 August 1991) --- As on previous missions, Earth observations/photography played an important...

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NASA image: STS-43 Pilot Baker eats a sandwich on OV-104's forward flight deck
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Aug 11, 1991

STS-43 Pilot Baker eats a sandwich on OV-104's forward flight deck

STS043-02-020 (2-11 Aug. 1991) --- Astronaut Michael A. Baker, STS-43 pilot, seated at the forward flight deck pilot...

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NASA image: Artist concept of the STS-43 Tracking and Data Relay Satellite E (TDRS-E)
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Jun 22, 1990

Artist concept of the STS-43 Tracking and Data Relay Satellite E (TDRS-E)

Artist concept shows the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite E (TDRS-E) augmenting a sophisticated TDRS system (TDRSS)...

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NASA image: STS-43 TDRS-E & IUS over the Pacific Ocean after deployment from OV-104's PLB
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Aug 2, 1991

STS-43 TDRS-E & IUS over the Pacific Ocean after deployment from OV-104's PLB

STS043-601-033 (2 Aug 1991) --- The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-E), is seen almost as a silhouette in...

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NASA image: STS-43 TDRS-E / IUS is deployed from OV-104's payload bay (PLB)
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Aug 2, 1991

STS-43 TDRS-E / IUS is deployed from OV-104's payload bay (PLB)

STS043-72-059 (2 Aug 1991) --- The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-E), leaves the payload bay of the...

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NASA image: STS-43 TDRS-E / IUS in OV-104's PLB ASE aft frame tilt actuator (AFTA) table
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Aug 2, 1991

STS-43 TDRS-E / IUS in OV-104's PLB ASE aft frame tilt actuator (AFTA) table

STS043-72-002 (2 Aug 1991) --- The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-E), leaves the payload bay of the...

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NASA image: STS-43 TDRS-E / IUS is deployed from OV-104's payload bay (PLB)
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Aug 2, 1991

STS-43 TDRS-E / IUS is deployed from OV-104's payload bay (PLB)

STS043-72-020 (2 Aug 1991) --- The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-E), is loosened from its restraint device...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Aug 1, 1991

Space Shuttle Projects

The primary payload of the STS-43 mission, Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E) attached to an Inertial...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Aug 1, 1991

Space Shuttle Projects

The free-flying Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E), still attached to an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), was...

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NASA image: STS-43 Atlantis, OV-104, soars into space after liftoff from KSC LC Pad 39A
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Aug 2, 1991

STS-43 Atlantis, OV-104, soars into space after liftoff from KSC LC Pad 39A

STS-43 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, soars toward space after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch...

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NASA image: STS-43 crewmembers discuss procedures prior to training in JSC's MAIL Bldg 9
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May 17, 1991

STS-43 crewmembers discuss procedures prior to training in JSC's MAIL Bldg 9

S91-37288 (May 1991) --- Astronauts Shannon W. Lucid and G. David Low, STS-43 mission specialists, take a break from...

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NASA image: STS-43 Atlantis, OV-104, crew prepares for egress training in JSC's MAIL
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May 17, 1991

STS-43 Atlantis, OV-104, crew prepares for egress training in JSC's MAIL

S91-37294 (May 1991) --- Astronauts Michael A. Baker, left, and John E. Blaha, STS-43 pilot and mission commander,...

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NASA image: STS-43 crewmembers perform various tasks on OV-104's aft flight deck
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Aug 11, 1991

STS-43 crewmembers perform various tasks on OV-104's aft flight deck

STS043-37-012 (2-11 Aug 1991) --- Three STS-43 astronauts are busy at work onboard the earth-orbiting space shuttle...

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NASA image: STS-43 crewmembers egress Atlantis, OV-104, after landing at KSC runway 15
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Aug 11, 1991

STS-43 crewmembers egress Atlantis, OV-104, after landing at KSC runway 15

STS043-S-145 (11 Aug 1991) --- STS-43 crewmembers, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs), egress Atlantis, Orbiter...

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NASA image: STS-43 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, crew insignia
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Nov 9, 1999

STS-43 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, crew insignia

STS043-S-001 (6 Feb. 1991) --- Designed by the astronauts assigned to fly on the mission, the STS-43 patch portrays...

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