Spartan 1 Gallery
Space Shuttle Discovery (STS 51G)
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Discovery lands at Edwards Air Force Base
Spartan 1
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Spartan 1 on the Discovery manipulator arm
The Spartan 1 carrier, supporting high-energy astrophysics,
provides a structure with an optical bnench to accommodate a variety of
rectangular array detectors. It is designed to point stellar objects.
Diagram of the Spartan 1 carrier.