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Credit: NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Caption: Satellite recovery. Spartan 207 satellite (at centre) being recovered by the robot arm (white) of the space shuttle Endeavour during mission STS- 77 (19-28 May 1996). Released on 20 May, Spartan was recovered successfully by the arm, or Remote Manipulator System, on 21 May. The satellite is a platform for short-duration scientific experiments. During mission STS-77, Spartan took part in the Inflatable Antenna Experiment. During this experiment, an inflatable antenna was blown up like a balloon, tested and then ejected before the recovery of the satellite.
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Keywords: endeavour, iae, in flight, inflatable antenna experiment, manned spaceflight, remote manipulator system, robot arm, satellite, satellite capture, satellite retriev, shuttle, space shuttle, spartan satellite retriev, spartan-207
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