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NASA-Foto der Erdkrümmung

Das Foto wurde nach der Mission STS-32 von den Astronauten während einer Pressekonferenz am 30. Juni 1990 benutzt.

Provenienz:
NASA. (1260685) (13)


NASA photo of the earth's curvature

20 x 25 cm.
Printed on KODAK photo paper.
Certified and photographed by NASA 1990.

The picture was used after Mission STS-32 by astronauts during a press conference on 30 June 1990.

Provenance:
NASA.

Notes:
Onboard view of the Moon settling over earth’s limb. The Moon image is distorted due to refraction through Earth’s atmosphere. This picture was used by the astronauts od STS-32 during their postflight press conference on January 30th 1990. STS-32 was the 33rd mission of NASA‘s Space Shuttle program, and the ninth launch of Space Shuttle Columbia. Launched on 9 January 1990, it marked the first use of Launch Pad A at Kennedy Space Center‘s Complex 39 since 1986; it also marked the first use of Mobile Launcher Platform-3 (MLP-3) in the Space Shuttle program. STS-32 was, at the time, the longest shuttle mission yet conducted, with a duration of nearly 11 days. Before STS-32, the only mission of the same duration had been STS-9 in 1983. On 20 January 1990, STS-32 executed the third night landing of the shuttle program. STS-32 was also the first shuttle launch of the 1990s.