On this second day of the STS-85 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Curtis L. Brown, Jr., Pilot Kent V. Rominger, Payload Cmdr. N. Jan Davis (Ph.D.), Mission Specialists Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. and Stephen K. Robinson (Ph.D.), and Payload Specialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason activated instruments of the Technology Applications and Science (TAS), including the Shuttle Laser Altimeter, the Infrared Spectral Imaging Radiometer (ISIR), the Cryogenic On-Orbit Long Life Active Refrigerator (COOLAR), Two Phase Flow (TPF), Critical Viscosity of Xenon (CVX) and were initializing the Solar Constant Experiment (SOLCON) and preparing for its first observation. Work with the Japanese-built Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD) experiment l begins when Davis begins checkout of its Small Fine Arm, destined for use outside the International Space Station's Japanese Experiment Module. Brown is seen being interviewed by WBTV-TV, Charlotte, N.C., and WTVD-TV, Raleigh-Durham, N.C.


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    Titel :

    STS-85 Day 02 Highlights


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1997-08-08


    Medientyp :

    Audiovisuelles Material


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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