NASA Photo ID: STS006-08-363      File Name: 10061079.jpg

Film Type: 35mm CN                Date Taken: 04/09/83

Title: Overall view of PLB and OMS / RCS engine thrusting

Description:

Overall payload bay (PLB) view shows Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) Airborne
Support Equipment (ASE) forward frame and aft frame tilt actuator (AFTA)
table after IUS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) deploy.  Vertical
tail and Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pods with rear reaction control 
system (RCS) thruster firing (upfiring) appears in background against 
blackness of space.  Right up jet firing was photographed from more than 18 
meters (60 feet) away by crewmembers on flight deck.