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ImagePhotograph
Number
Photograph Description
96L00052 MEEP Sidewall carrier that holds the experiment container during flight and mounts to wall of Shuttle payload bay.

96L00053 MEEP Sidewall carrier that holds the experiment container during flight and mounts to wall of Shuttle payload bay.

95L06039 MEEP Experiment Carrier which house the various experimental packages for exposure to the Mir environment.

95L07133 MEEP Mir Hand Rail Clamp used to interface Experiment Container with the hand rail on the Mir/Shuttle Docking Module.

95L06371 Technicians conduct assembly and check out operations on the Hand Rail Clamps.

96L09573 MEEP Mir Hand Rail Clamp attached to the hand rail on the Mir/Shuttle Docking Module.; attached experiment is PPMD.

96L00131 Orbital Debris Collector (ODC) experiment that expose Aerogel to the Mir environemt to capture orbital debris and micrometeoroid particles, in tact, for their return and analysis is Earth-based laboratories.

95L06635 Passive Optical Sample Assembly I (POSA I) experiment that is to assess the magnitude of molecular contamination, performance, and degradation of possible Space Station materials.

95L06412 Passive Optical Sample Assembly II (POSA II) experiment that is to assess the magnitude of molecular contamination, performance, and degradation of possible Space Station materials.

STS76-401-008 Polished Plated Meteoroid Detector (PPMD) experiment that is to assess the micrometeoroid and orbital debris environment around Mir; deployed.

STS76-401-007Polished Plated Meteoroid Detector (PPMD) experiment that is to assess the micrometeoroid and orbital debris environment around Mir; deployed.

96L09572 POSA I experiment following deployment on the Mir Space Station.

96L09574 POSA II experiment following deployment on the Mir Space Station.

STS76-401-005 POSA II experiment following deployment on the Mir Space Station.

STS76-401-033 Astronauts prepare to remove on eof the MEEPs experiments from the Sidewall Carrier that is attached to the wall of the Shuttle payload bay.

STS76-401-006 Astronaut mounts one of the MEEPs experiments on the Hand Rail Clamp attached to a hand rail of the Shuttle/Mir Docking Module.


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