Transcription: During this flight, crew members worked with Mission Control to monitor the downlinking performance and capabilities of a new electronic still camera. The handheld camera produced digitized images which were stored on disks, then transmitted through direct computer links to Earth. Mission Control computers received the information, then printed hard copies of the images with a laser printer. Only an hour after the on-orbit photographs were first taken, they were in the hands of control room engineers. This capability to capture still pictures and send them directly to mission control greatly i ...
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