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This photograph of the cargo bay of NASA?s space shuttle Columbia was taken by the STS-2 crewmen from inside the shuttle?s cabin. In the foreground is the pallet of experiments developed by NASA?s Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (OSTA). The orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods and vertical stabilizer of Columbia are in upper left corner. The window through which this 70mm frame was exposed is one of two on the aft side of the flight deck. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, were aboard the Columbia on its second trip for two days, six hours, 13 minutes and 10 seconds prior to landing at Edwards Air Force Base.