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The Space Shuttle Discovery's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm and two specially designed extensions move toward the troubled Syncom-IV (LEASAT) communications satellite. Behind it the Earth's clouded surface can be seen.

51D-44-046.jpg - The Space Shuttle Discovery's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm and two
specially designed extensions move toward the troubled Syncom-IV (LEASAT)
communications satellite. Behind it the Earth's clouded surface can be seen.