NASA Photo ID: STS052(S)001 File Name: 10065293.gif Film Type: 35mm CN Date Taken: Title: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, crew insignia Description: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, crew insignia (logo), the official insignia of the NASA STS-52 mission, features a large gold star to symbolize the crew's mission on the frontiers of space. A gold star is often used to symbolize the frontier period of the American West. The red star in the shape of the Greek letter lambda represents both the laser measurements to be taken from the Laser Geodynamic Satellite (LAGEOS II) and the Lambda Point Experiment, which is part of the United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-1). The LAGEOS II is a joint Italian \ United States (U.S.) satellite project intended to further our understanding of global plate tectonics. The USMP-1 is a microgravity facility which has French and U.S. experiments designed to test the theory of cooperative phase transitions and to study the solid\liquid interface of a metallic alloy in the low gravity environment. The remote manipulator system (RMS) arm and maple leaf are emblematic of the Canadian payload specialist who will conduct a series of Canadian flight experiments (CANEX-2), including the Space Vision System (SVS) test. The names of the STS-52 flight crewmembers are located along the border of the patch. They are Commander James D. Wetherbee, Pilot Michael A. Baker, Mission Specialist (MS) William M. Shepherd, MS Tamara E. Jernigan, MS Charles Lacy Veach, and Payload Specialist Steven MacLean. Each crewmember contributed to the design of the insignia. NASA Photo ID: STS052(S)052 File Name: 10065322.gif Film Type: 70mm CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B Description: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, clears the tower after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B at 1:09:39 pm (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). The diamond shock effect from OV-102's three space shuttle main engines (SSMEs) is visible. Exhaust billows from the solid rocket boosters (SRBs) and covers the LC Pad in a cloud. NASA Photo ID: STS052(S)051 File Name: 10065323.gif Film Type: 70mm CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B Description: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, rises above Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B just after liftoff at 1:09:39 pm (Eastern Daylight Time). OV-102 is nearly clear of the launch tower as it heads skyward. OV-102's starboard profile, the external tank (ET), and the right solid rocket booster (SRB) are visible. Exhaust generated by the SRBs produces a cloud cover over the LC pad. The diamond shock effect trails from the three space shuttle main engines (SSMEs). The scene is reflected in a nearby waterway. At the right is the sound supression water system tank. NASA Photo ID: STS052(S)053 File Name: 10065324.gif Film Type: 35mm CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: STS-52 Columbia, OV-102, soars into the sky after liftoff from KSC LC Pad 39B Description: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, soars into the sky after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B at 1:09:39 pm (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). This low-angle image looks up along OV-102's port side with the left solid rocket booster (SRB), the external tank (ET), and the three space shuttle main engines (SSMEs) visible. Exhaust billows from the SRBs and the diamond shock effect appears below the SSMEs as OV-102 begins its roll maneuver. NASA Photo ID: STS052(S)022 File Name: 10065325.gif Film Type: 70mm CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: STS-52 Columbia, OV-102, rises above KSC LC Pad 39B after liftoff Description: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, leaves Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B on its way toward a ten-day Earth-orbital mission. OV-102 is barely visible at the top of the exhaust cloud which covers the launch pad. The Atlantic Ocean creates the background. The photograph was taken from the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) piloted by astronaut Steven R. Nagel. Liftoff occurred at 1:09:39 pm (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). NASA Photo ID: STS052(S)019 File Name: 10065326.gif Film Type: 70mm CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: STS-52 Columbia, OV-102, soars into the sky after liftoff from KSC LC Pad 39B Description: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, passes through clouds on its way toward a ten-day Earth-orbital mission. OV-102 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B at 1:09:39 pm (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). It is barely visible at the top of this long exhaust plume. The photograph was taken from the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) piloted by astronaut Steven R. Nagel. NASA Photo ID: STS052-80-024 File Name: 10065334.gif Film Type: 70mm CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: STS-52 deployment of LAGEOS / IRIS spacecraft from OV-102's payload bay (PLB) Description: During STS-52 deployment activities, the Italian Research Interim Stage (IRIS), a spinning solid fuel rocket, lifts the Laser Geodynamic Satellite II (LAGEOS II) out of its support cradle and above the thermal shield aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. The remote manipulator system (RMS) arm, with Material Exposure in Low Earth Orbit (MELEO), is positioned above the port side sill longeron. On the mission-peculiar equipment support structure (MPESS) carriers in the center foreground is the United States (U.S.) Microgravity Payload 1 (USMP-1) with Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS), MEPHISTO (its French abbreviation), Lambda Point Experiment (LPE) cryostat assembly (identified by JPL insignia), and LPE vacuum maintenance assembly. Other payload bay (PLB) experiments visible in this image include: (on the starboard wall (left)) the Canadian Experiments 2 (CANEX-2) Space Vision System (SVS) Canadian Target Assembly (CTA) (foreground) and the Attitude Sensor Package (ASP); and (on the port wall (right)) the Tank Pressure Control Experiment / Thermal Phenomena (TPCE/TP) get away special (GAS) canister. NASA Photo ID: STS052-80-030 File Name: 10065335.gif Film Type: 70mm CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: STS-52 deployment of LAGEOS / IRIS spacecraft from OV-102's payload bay (PLB) Description: During STS-52 deployment activities, the Italian Research Interim Stage (IRIS), a spinning solid fuel rocket, lifts the Laser Geodynamic Satellite II (LAGEOS II) out of its support cradle and above the thermal shield aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. The remote manipulator system (RMS) arm, with Material Exposure in Low Earth Orbit (MELEO), is positioned above the port side sill longeron. On the mission-peculiar equipment support structure (MPESS) carriers in the center foreground is the United States (U.S.) Microgravity Payload 1 (USMP-1) with Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS), MEPHISTO (its French abbreviation), Lambda Point Experiment (LPE) cryostat assembly (identified by JPL insignia), and LPE vacuum maintenance assembly. Other payload bay (PLB) experiments visible in this image include: (on the starboard wall (left)) the Canadian Experiments 2 (CANEX-2) Space Vision System (SVS) Canadian Target Assembly (CTA) (foreground) and the Attitude Sensor Package (ASP); and (on the port wall (right)) the Tank Pressure Control Experiment / Thermal Phenomena (TPCE/TP) get away special (GAS) canister. NASA Photo ID: STS052-80-035 File Name: 10065336.gif Film Type: 70mm CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: STS-52 deployment of LAGEOS / IRIS spacecraft from OV-102's payload bay (PLB) Description: During STS-52 deployment activities, the Italian Research Interim Stage (IRIS), a spinning solid fuel rocket, lifts the Laser Geodynamic Satellite II (LAGEOS II) out of its support cradle and above the thermal shield aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. The remote manipulator system (RMS) arm, with Material Exposure in Low Earth Orbit (MELEO), is positioned above the port side sill longeron. On the mission-peculiar equipment support structure (MPESS) carriers in the center foreground is the United States (U.S.) Microgravity Payload 1 (USMP-1) with Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS), MEPHISTO (its French abbreviation), Lambda Point Experiment (LPE) cryostat assembly (identified by JPL insignia), and LPE vacuum maintenance assembly. Other payload bay (PLB) experiments visible in this image include: (on the starboard wall (left)) the Canadian Experiments 2 (CANEX-2) Space Vision System (SVS) Canadian Target Assembly (CTA) (foreground) and the Attitude Sensor Package (ASP); and (on the port wall (right)) the Tank Pressure Control Experiment / Thermal Phenomena (TPCE/TP) get away special (GAS) canister. NASA Photo ID: STS052-71-057 File Name: 10065337.gif Film Type: 70mm CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: STS-52 CANEX-2 Canadian Target Assembly (CTA) held by RMS over OV-102's PLB Description: In operation during STS-52 above the payload bay (PLB) of Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, is the Canadian Experiment 2 (CANEX-2) Space Vision System (SVS) experiment. Target dots have been placed on the Canadian Target Assembly (CTA), a small spacecraft, in the grasp of the Canadian-built remote manipulator system (RMS) arm. With the shuttle's closed circuit television (CCTV) system, the payload specialist monitors the movement of the 4-foot by 7-foot by 1.5-foot deployed spacecraft, whose surface is covered with many sets of dots of know spacing. As the satellite moved via the RMS, the SVS computer measured the changing position of the dots and provided real-time television display of the location and orientation of the CTA. This type of information is expected to help an operator guide the RMS or the Mobile Servicing System (MSS) of the future when berthing or deploying satellites. Also visible on the RMS is another CANEX-2 payload, the Material Exposure in Low Earth Orbit (MELEO). On the mission-peculiar equipment support structure (MPESS) carriers in the center background is the United States (U.S.) Microgravity Payload 1 (USMP-1) with Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS), MEPHISTO (its French abbreviation), Lambda Point Experiment (LPE) cryostat assembly (identified by JPL insignia), and LPE vacuum maintenance assembly. On the starboard wall (left)) is the Attitude Sensor Package (ASP). NASA Photo ID: STS052-48-012 File Name: 10065338.gif Film Type: 35mm CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: View of the remote manipulator system mounted witness plates. Description: View of the Material Exposure in Low Earth Orbit (MELEO) material sample witness plates mounted on the remote manipulator system. NASA Photo ID: STS052-152-026 File Name: 10065339.gif Film Type: 4x5 inch Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: Nile River, Lake Nasser, North Sudan and Lower Egypt Description: Backdropped over eastern Egypt and Sudan, the Nile Niver and Lake Nasser, (22.5N, 32.0E) the Canadian built remote manipulator system (RMS) displays an array of witness plate material samples for evaluation in space environment. In this view of the Nile River, North Sudan and Lower Egypt, the lifegiving potential of this mighty river that has sustained this region for thousands of years has been enhanced in modern times by the building of Lake Nasser. NASA Photo ID: STS052-15-007 File Name: 10065340.gif Film Type: 35mm Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: Sunset Description: This cross section of the Earth's atmosphere at sunset and earth limb (24.5S, 43.5E) displays an unusual layering believed to be caused by temperature inversions which effectively concentrate smoke, dust and aerosols into narrow layers. the top of the stratosphere can be seen as the top of the white layer thought to contain volcanic debris. The purple layer is the troposphere containing smoke from landclearing biomass burning. NASA Photo ID: STS052-23-022 File Name: 10065341.gif Film Type: 35mm Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: Sunrise, Earth Limb Description: This sunrise scene (5.5S, 29.5E) was taken early in the morning, when the sun was still below the horizon and not yet illuminating the dark band of low level clouds on the Earth limb. Ranging from 13 to 18 km. above these low level clouds is a brown layer at the tropopause, an atmospheric temperature inversion which isolates the troposphere from the stratosphere and effectively concentrates particulates from both above and below this level. NASA Photo ID: STS052-15-031 File Name: 10065343.gif Film Type: 35mm CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: View of a stone age adze cutting tool floating freely in the flight deck. Description: View of a stone age adze cutting tool floating freely in the forward flight deck and framed by the forward and side windows. On the Earth below, the big island of Hawaii can be seen through the window. NASA Photo ID: STS052-152-047 File Name: 10065356.gif Film Type: 4x5 inch Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: Summer Monsoon, Kalahari Desert, Africa Description: The Kalahari Desert in southern Africa (28.0S, 26.0E) had not experienced significant rainfall for several months until the onset of the summer monsoon as illustrated by the several large thunderheads peaking above the storm clouds. The summer monsoon, with its associated thunderstorms, generally lasts from November through March and contributes almost all of the annual rainfall to this environmentally sensitive region. NASA Photo ID: STS052(S)097 File Name: 10065364.gif Film Type: 70mm CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, lands on runway 33 at KSC SLF Description: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, main landing gear (MLG) tires ride along runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at 9:05:53 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)). The nose landing gear (NLG) rides above the runway before touchdown. OV-102's starboard profile is reflected in a pond in the foreground. NASA Photo ID: STS052(S)098 File Name: 10065365.gif Film Type: 35mm CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, lands on runway 33 at KSC SLF Description: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, lands on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at 9:05:53 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)). The main landing gear (MLG) have touched down while the nose landing gear (NLG) rides above the runway prior to wheel stop. A helicopter circles the runway in the background. NASA Photo ID: STS052(S)099 File Name: 10065366.gif Film Type: 35mm CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, lands on runway 33 at KSC SLF Description: During STS-52 landing, Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, drag chute is deployed after main landing gear (MLG) and nose landing gear (NLG) touchdown on runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF). Landing occurred at 9:05:53 am (EST). NASA Photo ID: STS052(S)002 File Name: 10065294.gif Film Type: 4x5 CN Date Taken: 11/01/92 Title: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, official crew portrait Description: These five NASA astronauts and a Canadian payload specialist are assigned to the STS-52 flight aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, scheduled for later this year. Pictured on the back row are (left to right) Pilot Michael A. Baker, Commander James D. Wetherbee, and Payload Specialist Steven G. MacLean. In the front row are (left to right) Mission Specialist (MS) Charles Lacy Veach, MS Tamara E. Jernigan, and MS William M. Shepherd. Crewmembers are wearing launch and entry suites (LESs) with the flags of the United States (U.S.) and Canada displayed behind them. MacLean represents the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Portrait made by NASA JSC contract photographer Scott A. Wickes. NASA Photo ID: S89-48930 File Name: 10065295.gif Film Type: 4x5 CN Date Taken: 11/09/89 Title: Official portrait of astronaut James D. Wetherbee Description: Official portrait of James D. Wetherbee, United States Navy (USN) Commander, member of Astronaut Class 10 (1984), and space shuttle pilot. Wetherbee wears a launch and entry suit (LES) with the helmet on the table at his left. NASA Photo ID: S85-41895 File Name: 10065296.gif Film Type: 120 cn Date Taken: 10/04/85 Title: Official portrait Astronaut Michael A. Baker Description: Official portrait of Astronaut Michael A. Baker in the blue shuttle flight suit with an American flag in the background. There is a small model of the shuttle on a table in front of him. NASA Photo ID: S84-40234 File Name: 10065297.gif Film Type: 4x5 cn Date Taken: 08/22/84 Title: Official portrait of Astronaut William Shepherd Description: Official portrait of Astronaut William Shepherd dressed in blue flight suit, with flag and a Space Shuttle model (left). NASA Photo ID: S84-40233 File Name: 10065298.gif Film Type: 4x5 cn Date Taken: 08/22/84 Title: Official portrait of Astronaut Lacy Veach Description: Official portrait of Astronaut Lacy Veach dressed in blue flight suit, with flag and a Space Shuttle model (left). NASA Photo ID: S90-34899 File Name: 10065299.gif Film Type: 4x5 CN Date Taken: 04/16/90 Title: Official portrait of astronaut Tamara E. Jernigan Description: Official portrait of Tamara E. Jernigan, Ph.D., member of Astronaut Class 11 (1984), and space shuttle mission specialist. Jernigan wears navy blue flight suit with space shuttle model displayed on table in front of her. NASA Photo ID: S92-44998 File Name: 10065300.gif Film Type: 120 CN Date Taken: 09/09/92 Title: Official Portrait of STS-52 Canadian Payload Specialist Steve G. MacLean Description: STS-52 Canadian Payload Specialist Steven G. MacLean, wearing a launch and entry suit (LES), poses with a launch and entry helmet (LEH) and Canadian flag for his official portrait. MacLean representing the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will fly aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, for the STS-52 mission. NASA Photo ID: S92-46528 File Name: 10065301.gif Film Type: 120 CN Date Taken: 09/28/92 Title: Official Portrait of STS-52 Backup Payload Specialist Bjarni Tryggvason Description: STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, backup Payload Specialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason who is from Iceland poses for his official portrait with the flags of the United States (U.S.) and Canada displayed in the background. Tryggvason represents the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada.