NASA Photo ID: STS008-07-149      File Name: 10061312.gif 
 
Film Type: 35mm CN                Date Taken: 09/05/83 
 
Title: RMS / PFTA operations using grapple fixture number (no.) 5 
 
Description: 
 
Remote manipulator system (RMS) end effector grapples the bar-bell shaped  
Payload Flight Test Article (PFTA) using grapple fixture number (no.) 5 on  
forward screen support structure for dynamic interaction tests including:  
Single and Manual Control System Evaluation; RMS / Primary Reaction Control  
System (PRCS) Interaction Tests; Single Joint Control System Evaluation; 
and  Manual Augmented Control Evaluation.  Views look down RMS upper arm 
boom to  end effector with elbow pitch joint, elbow closed circuit 
television (CCTV)  camera, wrist joint, and wrist CCTV visible in between.  
PFTA and RMS stand  out brillantly against the darkness of space.