Suspended above the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia, the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) is monitored by technicians during its move from the Space Shuttle to a transportation canister. LDEF, with 57 experiments, spent almost six years in space before being retrieved by the STS-32 crew in January 1990.
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Kennedy Space Center
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NASA
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Suspended above the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia, the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) is monitored by technicians during its move from the Space Shuttle to a transportation canister. LDEF, with 57 experiments, spent almost six years in space before being retrieved by the STS-32 crew in January 1990.