NASA Photo ID: S84-27022          File Name: 10061762.gif 
 
Film Type: 70mm cn                Date Taken: 02/11/84 
 
Title: View of the Challenger from the fixed camera in McCandless's helmet 
 
Description: 
 
A fixed camera on Astronaut Bruce McCandless's helmet recorded this scene 
of  the shuttle Challenger. The Shuttle pallet satellite is configured mid 
cargo  bay here as SPAS-01A. Astronaut Robert L. Stewart is standing 
beneath the  remote manipulator system (RMS) arm. Also visible in the cargo 
bay are the  support stations for the two MMU back-packs, the sunshields 
for the Palapa 8  and Wesatar VI satellites, Ku-band antenna and a number 
of getaway special  (GAS) canisters.