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Space Shuttle Discovery Payload Bay by National Geographic

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National Geographic National Geographic
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0.85 Gigapixels
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884
Date added
April 08, 2012
Date taken
December 14, 2011
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At 15 feet (4.5 meters) wide and 60 feet (18 meters) long, the payload bay of Discovery carried cargo to and from space. The Hubble Space Telescope was launched to space from here, as were several pieces of the International Space Station (ISS). Payloads were usually loaded while the shuttle was vertical on the launchpad and not here in the Orbital Processing Facility (OPF).

Photographer: Susan Poulton

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