NASA Photo ID: STS008-33-1100     File Name: 10061322.gif 
 
Film Type: 70mm cn                Date Taken: 08/30/83 
 
Title: PFTA / RMS  dynamic interaction test 
 
Description: 
 
The Shuttle Challenger's payload flight test article (PFTA) is suspended on  
the end of the remote manipulator system (RMS) over clouded Atlantic 
waters.  The PFTA is designed to be grasped by the end effector of the 
Canadian built  robot arm device.