[Artist?s concept of an orbiter space shuttle deploying a Nimbus weather satellite while a tethered space technician is performing check-out tasks.]

Washington D. C., NASA, April 1, 1971. Vintage high-gloss black and white photographic print on fibre-based paper (ca 254 x 204 mm) with blue carbon copied text on reverse. Minor creasing in corners. NASA Photo no. 71-H-591; 71-HC-485. In this concept drawing the shuttle has the straight wing configuration which was eventually discarded for the delta wing that was used on the actual Space Shuttle.