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Back in time, 1990 NASA Image: : Spacelab

This image was taken in 1990. Space can be such an amazingly beautiful and interesting place.

Spacelab

In this photograph, the instruments of the Astro-1 Observatory are erected in the cargo bay of the Columbia orbiter. Astro-1 was launched aboard the the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia (STS-35) mission on December 2, 1990. The Astro Observatory was designed to explore the universe by observing…