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While the C-141A Starlifter had done very well in the 1960s, especially in supply efforts over Vietnam, the aircraft had one glaringly obvious problem: it would “bulk out” before it reached its projected payload weight: the fuselage would be full, but the plane was capable of carrying more. In response to this and the C-141’s need for fueling stops on long trips, the USAF began upgrading the C-141A fleet to C-141B standards. By adding two plugs, fore and aft of the wings, the fuselage was stretched a further 23 feet. While the Starlifter was still incapable of carrying oversized loads, it could now carry up to its full weight. Inflight refueling capabilities were also added.
All surviving C-141As were upgraded between 1977 and 1982 to B standards, essentially adding 90 new C-141s to the fleet without building new aircraft. With the C-5B Galaxy also entering service, the C-141Bs gave the USAF unmatched air transport capabilities, which would prove crucial in times of war. Its first wartime service would be Operation Desert Shield, the buildup to the First Gulf War in 1991. Starlifters carried nearly half of all payloads delivered to the Southwest Asian theater.
The 1990s would see the most use of the aircraft, especially in the wartorn former nations of Yugoslavia. During NATO efforts to resupply Bosnian towns cut off by Serbian forces, C-141s were flown from the Rhein-Main airbase at a low level over Bosnia, where cargo pallets were dropped from the rear filled with food. As these pallets could cause damage when they hit the ground, they were replaced by food boxes tied together: these boxes would break apart in midair and float down on individual parachutes.
These so-called “food bombs” would be used later in other areas where the C-141s were unable to land. Other Rhein-Main based Starlifters made the trip into the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, the airport of which was considered one of the most dangerous places on earth at that time, constantly being subjected to mortar and sniper fire. They were required to perform a diving approach to avoid being shot at by Serbian antiaircraft units posted in the mountains around the airport. The C-141s and other NATO transports kept the city alive during its three-year-long siege, which finally ended in 1995.
Thus, in response, 13 C-141Bs were modified to SOLL II standards, with low-light vision equipment, GPS, and defensive chaff/flare countermeasures for operations over high-threat areas or in conjunction with Special Forces units. Later, about a third of the lowest-timed Starlifters were modified to C-141C standards, with a new “glass” cockpit and upgraded avionics.
Despite these upgrades, the C-141’s days were clearly numbered. It was getting old, and wing cracks had begun appearing on older aircraft in the fleet. As the C-17 Globemaster III was now coming into service, the Starlifters started being retired. The C-141Cs soldiered on long enough to be used in Afghanistan and Iraq, where they finally used their paratrooper-carrying capabilities in combat, dropping elements of the 101st Airborne Division near Tikrit in northern Iraq.
After 2004, the Starlifter was retired from active units and passed on to Air National Guard and Reserve units; the last eight operational C-141s were used to shuttle supplies into New Orleans after the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster. This was the Starlifter’s final mission, as after this operation ended, they finally left the USAF after four decades of service in May of 2006. Out of 285 aircraft built, 19 were lost in accidents, 15 were preserved in museums or air parks, and the rest were either used for parts or scrapped.
This C-141B, BuNo 67-0013, joined the USAF's 438th Military Airlift Wing at McGuire AFB, New Jersey, in 1967 and would remain at McGuire until 1996. Later that same year, it was given the SOLL II upgrade for night special operations and reassigned to the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB, South Carolina, but was not there long before returning to McGuire and finishing off her career with the 305th AW. It was retired from service in 2000 and donated to the PASM in 2003. Her overall AMC Gray paint has faded slightly but still looks impressive. The SOLL II modifications can be seen on the nose.
After eight months of designing, building and testing, the middle school, high school and college and university teams launched their rockets as part of NASA Student Launch on Sunday, April 8. The rockets and their payloads are designed to fly to 1-mile in altitude before deploying recovery systems that brings them safely to the ground.
STS090-E-5019 (18 April 1998) --- Payload specialist James A. (Jim) Pawelczyk readies astronaut Dafydd R. (Dave) Williams for a run in the Neurolab off-axis rotator. Williams is a STS-90 mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The rotator device was developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) to simulate the vestibular system with both spinning and tilting sensations. Infrared video cameras will capture the eye movements that accompany the spinning. Eye movements will reflect changes in how the vestibular system responds. The photo was captured with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 01:00:29 GMT, April 19, 1998.
Center Director Roy Bridges (left) greets STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr. after his arrival on a T-38 jet aircraft at the Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC. Glenn, a senator from Ohio, and the rest of the crew are at KSC to participate in a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). The TCDT includes mission familiarization activities, training in emergency exit from the orbiter and launch pad, and a simulated main engine cut- off exercise. The other crew members on the mission are Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown; Pilot Steven W. Lindsey; Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Stephen K. Robinson, and Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency (ESA); and Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). The STS-95 mission includes research payloads such as the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as the SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
STS-95 Payload Specialists John H. Glenn Jr. (left), senator from Ohio, and Chiaki Mukai (M.D., Ph.D.) (right), representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), hurry toward the basket at the 195-foot level of Launch Pad 39B during an emergency egress exercise. Glenn and Mukai, along with other crew members, are at KSC to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) which includes mission familiarization activities, emergency egress training, and a simulated main engine cutoff. The other crew members are Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency (ESA), Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson, and Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown. The STS-95 mission, targeted for liftoff on Oct. 29, includes research payloads such as the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as the SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process. Following the TCDT, the crew will be returning to Houston for final flight preparations. Shuttle Discovery Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
In order to transfer the payload to the motor hall it needs to lay down.
MASER 13 Launch Campaign
Swedish Space Corporation, ESRANGE, Kiruna, Sweden
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In KSC's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers are conducting a solar illumination test of the solar panels on the Mars Global Surveyor. The Surveyor is outfitted with two solar arrays, each featuring two panels, that provide electrical power for operating the spacecraft's electronic equipment and scientific instruments, as well as charging two nickel hydrogen batteries that provide power when the spacecraft is in the dark. For launch, the solar arrays will be folded against the side of the spacecraft. The Mars Global Surveyor is being prepared for launch aboard a Delta II expendable launch vehicle during a launch window opening Nov. 6.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility check the solar array panels on the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite after they were deployed. The GALEX is an orbiting space telescope that will observe galaxies in ultraviolet light across 10 billion years of cosmic history. Led by the California Institute of Technology, GALEX will conduct several first-of-a-kind sky surveys, including an extra-galactic (beyond our galaxy) ultraviolet all-sky survey. During its 29-month mission GALEX will produce the first comprehensive map of a Universe of galaxies under construction, bringing more understanding of how galaxies like the Milky Way were formed. GALEX is due to be launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station March 25 via a Pegasus rocket. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. At Launch Pad 39B, all payloads are secure and closure of the cargo bay doors on Space Shuttle Discovery is moments away. Payload bay door closure is a significant milestone in the preparations for the first Return to Flight mission, STS-114. During its 12-day mission, Discoverys seven-person crew will test new hardware and techniques to improve Shuttle safety, as well as deliver supplies to the International Space Station. Discoverys payloads include the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello (center), the Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC), and the External Stowage Platform-2 (ESP-2). Raffaello will deliver supplies to the International Space Station including food, clothing and research equipment. The LMC supports a replacement Control Moment Gyroscope (bottom right) and a tile repair sample box (bottom left). The ESP-2 is outfitted with replacement parts. Launch of STS-114 was set for July 13 at the conclusion of the mission's Flight Readiness Review yesterday. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
The International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker-2 (IEH-2) payload rests in a work stand in the Space Station Processing Facility prior to its trip out to Launch Pad 39A for installation into the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery for the STS-85 mission. The IEH-2 experiments will study ultraviolet radiation from stars, the sun and in the solar system. The Technology Applications and Science-1 (TAS-1) payload is another series of experiments that will be conducted during the 11-day mission in Discovery's payload bay. The TAS-1 holds seven separate experiments that will provide data on the Earth's topography and atmosphere, study the sun's energy, and test new thermal control devices, as well as several student-developed experiments. Other STS-85 payloads include the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere-Shuttle Pallet Satellite-2 (CRISTA-SPAS-2). The CRISTA is a system of three telescopes and four spectrometers to measure infrared radiation emitted by the Earth's middle atmosphere. The CRISTA-SPAS-2 free- flying satellite will be deployed from Discovery and retrieved later in the flight. Also onboard the satellite will be the Middle Atmosphere High Resolution Spectrograph Investigation (MAHRSI) to measure ultraviolet radiation emitted and scattered by the Earth's atmosphere. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
Edited NASA image of the bottom of the Perseverance rover. The caption mentions the helicopter being sent to Mars but the image doesn't really show it. Color/processing variant.
Original caption: NASA’s Mars Helicopter is installed on the agency’s Mars Perseverance rover inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on April 6, 2020. Perseverance safely lands on Mars, the helicopter will be released to perform the first in a series of flight tests that will take place during a period of about 30 days. The helicopter will be the first aircraft to fly on another planet. Perseverance, carrying the helicopter, will touch down on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021. Liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket is targeted between July 17 and Aug. 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) hoists the Kuiper 2 mission payload atop the Atlas V rocket in the Vertical Integration Facility-G (VIF-G) adjacent to Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Atlas V will launch the Kuiper 3 mission for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellite constellation. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
Technicians inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida install and test one of several antennas on a solar array Wednesday, March 20, 2024, for the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft which will study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to determine if the planet has conditions that could support life. REASON, (Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface) instrument will use the antennas to send both High Frequency (HF) and Very High Frequency (VHF) radio waves to penetrate up to 18 miles (30 kilometers) deep and search the ocean, measure ice thickness, and study the topography, composition, and roughness of Europa’s surface. The Europa Clipper spacecraft will ship to Florida later this year from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in Southern California in preparation for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A targeting October 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson
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STS-73 Payload Specialist Fred W. Leslie signals he's ready to fly as he completes suitup activities in the Operations and Checkout Building. Leslie is one of two payload specialists assigned to the mission, and will be making his first trip into space. Awaiting Leslie and six fellow crew members at Launch Pad 39B is the Space Shuttle Columbia, scheduled to lift at 9:41 a.m. EDT, Oct. 7.
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Jesse Barge, instrument technician for the Twin Otter aircraft, starts up the data system for a RACORO flight on March 4, 2009.
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PictionID:44806642 - Catalog:14_014036 - Title:Atlas Payload Component - Filename:14_014036.TIF - - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
S97E00831 (12 March 1997) --- Janice E. Voss, payload commander, drives an M-113 rescue vehicle during training that is part of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) exercises at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for Shuttle flight crews prior to their STS-83 mission. KSC instructor George Hoggard rides on the front of the tracked vehicle, while other members of the crew are aboard with other KSC personnel. The STS-83 mission was cut short due to a fuel cell problem, the crew is flying again for the STS-94 Microgravity Science Laboratory - 1 (MSL-1) mission.
The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine combat aircraft, which was jointly developed by the United Kingdom, West Germany and Italy. There are three primary versions of the Tornado; the Tornado IDS (Interdictor/Strike) fighter-bomber, the suppression of enemy air defences Tornado ECR (Electronic Combat/Reconnaissance) and the Tornado ADV (Air Defence Variant) interceptor. It is one of the world's most sophisticated and capable interdiction and attack aircraft, with a large payload, long range and high survivability.
Developed and built by Panavia, a tri-national consortium consisting of British Aerospace (then the British Aircraft Corporation), MBB of West Germany, and Alenia Aeronautica of Italy, the Tornado first flew on August 14, 1974, and saw action with the RAF and AMI (Italian Air Force) in the Gulf War. International co-operation continued after its entry into service within the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment, a tri-nation training and evaluation unit operating from RAF Cottesmore, England. Including all variants, 992 aircraft were built for the three partner nations and Saudi Arabia.
The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine combat aircraft, which was jointly developed by the United Kingdom, West Germany and Italy. There are three primary versions of the Tornado; the Tornado IDS (Interdictor/Strike) fighter-bomber, the suppression of enemy air defences Tornado ECR (Electronic Combat/Reconnaissance) and the Tornado ADV (Air Defence Variant) interceptor. It is one of the world's most sophisticated and capable interdiction and attack aircraft, with a large payload, long range and high survivability.
Developed and built by Panavia, a tri-national consortium consisting of British Aerospace (then the British Aircraft Corporation), MBB of West Germany, and Alenia Aeronautica of Italy, the Tornado first flew on August 14, 1974, and saw action with the RAF and AMI (Italian Air Force) in the Gulf War. International co-operation continued after its entry into service within the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment, a tri-nation training and evaluation unit operating from RAF Cottesmore, England. Including all variants, 992 aircraft were built for the three partner nations and Saudi Arabia.
Its payload only consisting of clay tanks from Bowaters at Sittingbourne, 56105 is near Swanley with 6M87 1332 Sheerness to Willesden on Monday 8th August 1984. 265-9.
PictionID:44809628 - Catalog:14_014281 - Title:Atlas Payload Component - Filename:14_014281.TIF - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
United Launch Alliance (ULA) hoists the USSF-87 mission payload atop the Vulcan rocket in the Government Vertical Integration Facility (VIF-G) adjacent to Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This will be Vulcan's second national security mission for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC). Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
Near Launch Pad 39-B, STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), climbs into an M-113, a small armored personnel carrier, that is part of emergency egress training. The tracked vehicle could be used by the crew in the event of an emergency at the pad during which the crew must make a quick exit from the area. The STS-95 crew is at KSC to participate in a Test Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) which also includes mission familiarization activities and a simulated main engine cut-off exercise. The other members on the mission are Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown, Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Stephen K. Robinson, and Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency (ESA); and Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio. The STS-95 mission, targeted for liftoff on Oct. 29, includes research payloads such as the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as the SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
PictionID:44807125 - Catalog:14_014076 - Title:Atlas Payload Component - Filename:14_014076.TIF - - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
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St. Ingoes, Md. (Apr. 1, 2003) -- The Aerolight Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) returns from a successful, groundbreaking flight. Naval Air Systems Command managed the UAV flight path and sensor payloads for 35 minutes before returning controls to the ground station for recovery. The primary applications for the system are tactical reconnaissance and surveillance, target acquisition and gunfire adjustment, and a training system for high-end UAV systems operators. U.S. Navy photo by Amy Behrman. (RELEASED)
STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, takes a break to make a phone call on the 195-foot level of Launch Pad 39B before a pre-launch countdown exercise. Glenn and other crew members are at KSC to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) which includes mission familiarization activities, emergency egress training, and a simulated main engine cutoff. The other crew members are Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai (M.D., Ph.D.), representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson, Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency (ESA), and Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown. The STS-95 mission, targeted for liftoff on Oct. 29, includes research payloads such as the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as the SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process. Following the TCDT, the crew will be returning to Houston for final flight preparations. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -A worker in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility watches closely as NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer spacecraft is rotated in preparation for mating with the Pegasus XL launch vehicle. The GALEX, set to launch April 2 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, will carry into space an orbiting telescope that will observe a million galaxies across 10 billion years of cosmic history to help astronomers determine when the stars and elements we see today had their origins. From its orbit high above Earth, the spacecraft will sweep the skies for 28 months using state-of-the-art ultraviolet detectors. Looking in the ultraviolet will single out galaxies dominated by young, hot, short-lived stars that give off a great deal of energy at that wavelength. These galaxies are actively creating stars, and therefore provide a window into the history and causes of star formation in galaxies. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
United States Microgravity Payload-4 (USMP-4) experiments are prepared to be flown on Space Shuttle mission STS-87 in the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Seen in the foreground at left is the USMP-4 logo with the acronyms of its experiments. Above the American flag at left is the MEPHISTO experiment, a cooperative American and French investigation of the fundamentals of crystal growth. The large white vertical cylinder in the center of the photo is the Advanced Automated Directional Solidification Furnace (AADSF), which is a sophisticated materials science facility used for studying a common method of processing semiconductor crystals called directional solidification. The white horizontal tube to the right is the Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment (IDGE), which will be used to study the dendritic solidification of molten materials in the microgravity environment. All USMP-4 experiments are scheduled for launch aboard STS-87 on Nov. 19 from KSC. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
Payload winners. The Outdoor Free Flight Nats took place July 25-29, 2022, at the International Aeromodeling Center in Muncie, Indiana. Photos by Rick Pangell.
A decommissioned first and second stage of a Minuteman 2 missile carrying a military research satellite blasted off 22Sept05 North of Hollywood. The 920-pound "Streak" payload will stay in orbit for a year, gathering information about the Earth's environment in low orbit. The mission's cost is classified. The arc of light at ground level is from a production at Paramount Studios.
STS-35 ASTRO-1 astronomy telescope cluster payload being installed in the payload bay, on the pad.
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Inside the Payload Changeout Room (PCR) attached to Space Shuttle Atlantis while on launch complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. This was taken two days prior to the launch of shuttle mission STS-66.
Proper attire required while in this area. Everyone must wear bunny suits! Eight hours sweating away the day in one of these and you are ready from some serious beer.
A payloader attached with a scraper being used to sweep rice grains being sun dried at a government owned wholesale rice paddy market in Thailand.
Part of the image collection of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
the newest addition to my collection i found it in a yard sale ,
it is very clean and looks like it hasn't been played with much at all
United Launch Alliance (ULA) hoists the USSF-87 mission payload atop the Vulcan rocket in the Government Vertical Integration Facility (VIF-G) adjacent to Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This will be Vulcan's second national security mission for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC). Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance (ULA) hoists the USSF-87 mission payload atop the Vulcan rocket in the Government Vertical Integration Facility (VIF-G) adjacent to Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This will be Vulcan's second national security mission for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC). Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
PictionID:44810065 - Catalog:14_014317 - Title:Atlas Payload Component - Filename:14_014317.TIF - - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
PictionID:44810153 - Catalog:14_014324 - Title:Atlas Payload Component - Filename:14_014324.TIF - - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
The main payload is 2 satellites (1 L3Harris, 1 Northrop Grumman) for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) mission for the US Missile Defense Agency. Secondary payload is 4 Tranche 0 satellites that were not ready before the last SDA TTL mission.
This is a Canadian research rocket. I The grad student on this payload was a friend of mine, and he stuck on the stickers with my NAR number. Print at 300 pixels per inch to reproduce at the scale given in the title block.
STS083-302-005 (4-8 April 1997) --- Payload specialist Gregory T. Linteris enters data on the progress of a Microgravity Sciences Laboratory (MSL-1) experiment on a lap top computer aboard the Spacelab Science Module while astronaut Donald A. Thomas, mission specialist, checks an experiment in the background. Linteris and Thomas, along with four other NASA astronauts and a second payload specialist supporting the Microgravity Sciences Laboratory (MSL-1) mission were less than a fourth of the way through a scheduled 16-day flight when a power problem cut short their planned stay.