“Astronaut James D. van Hoften and a repaired satellite are in a wide panorama recorded on film with a Linhof camera, making its initial flight aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. Dr. van Hoften is getting in his first "field" test of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) after months of training in an underwater facility and in a simulator on Earth. The Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) satellite, revived and almost ready for release into space once more, is docked at the Flight Support System (FSS). The Remote Manipulator System (RMS) is backdropped against the blue and white Earth at frame's edge. Outside of pictures made of the Earth from astronauts on the way to the Moon, this frame showing the planet from 285 nautical miles represents the highest orbital photography in the manned space program.”
Superbly written, and unexpectedly present, associated with a near identical image, at:
images.nasa.gov/details-41c-52-2646
Associated with the same nearly identical image. With the usual abysmal/genuinely stupid write-up, at:
science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/STS41C/100...
science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/STS41C/100...
“Wide angle view of mission specialist James D. van Hoften participating in an extravehicular activity (EVA) to repair the "captured" Solar Maximum Mission Satellite (SMMS) in the aft end of the Challenger's cargo bay. Astronaut van Hoften is standing in the payload bay facing the camera. The Solar SMMS is behind him. To the right of the photo is the remote manipulator system (RMS) arm used to capture the satellite. Behind the orbiter is a view of the cloudy earth.”
Again with the same near-identical image:
Astronaut James D. van Hoften tests the manned maneuvering unit (MMU) in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger as a part of an extravehicular activity (EVA) during Flight 41-C. The Solar Maximum Mission Satellite (SMMS), repaired and ready for release into space, is docked at the flight support system (FSS) at the rear. Image ID:STS41C-52-2646”
At:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DF-SC-84-10566.JPEG
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Finally, associated with the same image, at the greedy Science Photo Library website:
“Satellite repair in space. Astronaut James van Hoften makes his way back to the airlock of Shuttle Challenger having helped repair the Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) satellite. The SMM can be seen protruding from the far end of the cargo bay. This mission, 41-C, was the first in which a satellite was successfully retrieved from orbit, repaired and then redeployed. This was needed to free a jammed communications antenna without which the satellite was useless.”
