As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery, the payload bay is featured in this image.


December 11, 2006Photographed by a STS-116 crewmember during flight day three activities. Pictured in the payload bay is the shuttle's docking mechanism (foreground), Spacehab module (partially obscured), the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robotic arm (right), and the Remote Manipulator System/Orbiter Boom Sensor System (left, in stowed position).


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Photo credit: © Stocktrek Images / Alamy / Afripics
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