NASA Photo ID: STS41C-02-067      File Name: 10061446.gif 
 
Film Type: 35mm cn                Date Taken: 04/15/84 
 
Title: The LDEF is placed in orbit by the shuttle Challenger crew 
 
Description: 
 
The Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) is placed in orbit by the 
shuttle  Challenger crew in this view. Still attached to the remote 
manipulator system  (RMS) end effector, the LDEF is backdropped against 
Florida, the Bahama Bank,  the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic waters.