IMAGE 1000_99\24.Lbm,The crew patch for the STS-32 mission, which features the recovery of the LDEF and the launch of a Syncom comsat.
IMAGE 1000_99\25.Lbm,The STS-32 crew (from the left): Marsha Ivins, Daniel Brandenstein, David Low, James Wetherbee and Bonnie Dunbar.
IMAGE 1000_99\27.Lbm,David Low gets in some exercise on the treadmill. (STS-32)
IMAGE 1000_99\28.Lbm,Marsha Ivins seems bewildered by the weightless cameras around her. She is using the equipment to evaluate different films. (STS-32)
IMAGE 1000_99\35.Lbm,The 57 experiments on the LDEF were carried on trays like this (centre). This unit was used for cosmic-ray study.
IMAGE 1000_99\26.Lbm,The Syncom IV-5 comsat appears against the cloud-flecked atmosphere after being deployed from Columbia on January 10, 1990, the second day of the STS-32 mission.
IMAGE 1000_99\29.Lbm,Columbia's RMS arm captures the LDEF (long-duration exposure facility), which has been in space for five and a half years. (STS-32)
IMAGE 1000_99\30.Lbm,This close-up of the LDEF shows little evidence of wear and tear during the time it has been in orbit. (STS-32)
IMAGE 1000_99\31.Lbm,Columbia's RMS arm slowly manoeuvres the LDEF towards the payload bay after capture. The Atlantic coast of Namibia, Africa, serves as a backdrop. (STS-32)
IMAGE 1000_99\32.Lbm,The LDEF appears end- on as it is gently lowered into Columbia's payload bay. (STS-32)
xxIxxMAGE 1000_99\28a.Lbm,A dramatic picture of typhoon Sam in the South Indian Ocean. (STS-32)
IMAGE 1000_99\33.Lbm,Columbia touches down at night on the runway at the Edwards Air Force Base in California after its near-11 day mission. (STS-32)
IMAGE 1000_99\34.Lbm,Safely back on Earth after five and a half years in space, the LDEF is being removed from Columbia's payload bay at the Kennedy Space Center. (STS-32)
