PAYLOADS - SHUTTLE (SBS & ANIK )

S82-39790 (11-15 Nov. 1982) --- Astronaut Joseph P. Allen IV, STS-5 mission specialist, lets a spot-meter float freely for a moment during a period devoted to out-the-window photographs of Earth from orbiting space shuttle Columbia. Dr. Allen is on the flight deck of the reusable space vehicle and positioned behind the pilot?s station. Also onboard for NASA?s first operational Space Transportation System (STS) flight are astronauts Vance D. Brand, commander; Robert F. Overmyer, pilot; and William B. Lenoir, mission specialist. Photo credit: NASA