NASA Photo ID: STS51F-33-024      File Name: 10062689.jpg

Film Type: 70mm cn                Date Taken: 08/01/85

Title: View of the Challenger's payload bay and the Plasma Diagnostic package

Description:

The solar optical universal polarimeter (SOUP) experiment is visible among 
the cluster of Spacelab 2 hardware in the cargo bay of the Shuttle 
Challenger. Various components of the instrument positioning system (IPS)
are  conspicuous at the center of the frame. The Plasma Diagnostic package 
(PDP) is seen attached to the remote manipulator system (RMS) above the
open  payload bay.