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Illuminating Space: Images from a Private Virginian Collection
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Illuminating Space: Images from a Private Virginian Collection
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SHUTTLE STS-27.
Large format photograph of the south Persian Gulf, from the orbiting Shuttle Atlantis, December 2-6, 1988, chromogenic print on film, 61½ x 47¾ inches (1565 x 1210 mm) overall.
The mouths of both the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers can be seen, as can nearly all the country of Kuwait, in this image taken by a member of the crew with a hand-held camera. STS-27 deployed a classified surveillance satellite, Lacrosse 1, which was used during the first Gulf War.
The mouths of both the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers can be seen, as can nearly all the country of Kuwait, in this image taken by a member of the crew with a hand-held camera. STS-27 deployed a classified surveillance satellite, Lacrosse 1, which was used during the first Gulf War.
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