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Media:  IMAGE
Format:  JPEG (640 x 480)
Date:  02.22.1996
Title:  The Space Shuttle Columbias vertical stabilizer appears to point to the four stars of the Southern
Description:  STS-75 ONBOARD VIEW --- The Space Shuttle Columbias vertical stabilizer appears to point to the four stars of the Southern Cross. The scene was captured with a 35mm camera just prior to a sunrise. The seven member crew was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 22, 1996, and landed on March 9, 1996. Crew members were Andrew M. Allen, mission commander; Scott J. Horowitz, pilot; Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, payload commander; and Maurizio Cheli, European Space Agency (ESA); Jeffrey A. Hoffman and Claude Nicollier, ESA, all mission specialists; along with payload specialist Umberto Guidioni of the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
ID:  sts075-351-022
Credit:  NASA Johnson Space Center (NASA-JSC)
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