IMAGE 1100_99\100.Lbm,The crew patch for the STS-35, Astro-1 mission shows the shuttle flying above the Earth's atmosphere, where it can view the stars more clearly, such as the featured constellation of Orion.
IMAGE 1100_99\101.Lbm,Crew portrait of the STS-35 astronauts, who are (from the left): Robert Parker, Guy Gardner, Ronald Parise, Vance Brand, Jeffrey Hoffman, Mike Lounge and Samuel Durrance.
IMAGE 1100_99\102.Lbm,The payload for the STS-35 mission, Astro-1. It features a variety of astronomical instruments mounted on Spacelab pallets, and in the foreground the 'igloo' housing the command and control unit.
IMAGE 1100_99\103.Lbm,Columbia lifts off the launch pad in the early morning of December 2, 1990, on a mission devoted to astrophysics. (STS-35)
IMAGE 1100_99\104.Lbm,Astro-1's package of telescopes in position for observation. (STS-35)
IMAGE 1100_99\105.Lbm,Jeffrey Hoffman uses a manual pointing controller to direct Astro's telescopes to different parts of the sky. (STS-35)
IMAGE 1100_99\106.Lbm,This view of the Astro-1 payload in Columbia's payload bay shows three ultraviolet instruments, and in the foreground the command and control 'igloo'. (STS-35)
IMAGE 1100_99\107.Lbm,Sam (Durrance), Jeff (Hoffman) and Mike (Lounge) demonstrate the bunk-style sleeping quarters aboard Columbia. (STS-35)
IMAGE 1100_99\108.Lbm,A beautiful cloudscape from about 300 km high, showing towering storm clouds over New Guinea. (STS-35)
IMAGE 1100_99\109.Lbm,This solid cloud bank indicates torrential rain over the Pacific Ocean. (STS-35)
IMAGE 1100_99\111.Lbm,Astro-1's ultraviolet imaging telescope recorded this image of the Cygnus loop, a cloud of gas from a stellar explosion about 20,000 years ago. (STS-35)
IMAGE 1100_99\112.Lbm,Astro-l ultraviolet image of the famous Crab nebula, the remnants of a supernova explosion that the Chinese witnessed in AD 1054. (STS-35)
IMAGE 1100_99\113.Lbm,Astro-1 ultraviolet image of the spiral galaxy M81 (left), compared with an image of the same galaxy taken in red light by Kitt Peak astronomers. (STS-35)
IMAGE 1100_99\114.Lbm,Astro-1 ultraviolet image of the spiral galaxy M74, showing regions of intense star formation. (STS-35)