NASA Photo ID: S93-25647          File Name: 10065438.jpg

Film Type: 35mm CN                Date Taken: 01/13/93

Title: STS-54 DSO 802, Educational activities "Physics of Toys", equipment

Description:

Toys for STS-54 Detailed Supplementary Objective (DSO) 802, Educational 
activities "Physics of Toys", are displayed on a table top.  Part of the 
educational activities onboard Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, will 
include several experiments with these toys.  DSO 802 will allow the 
crewmembers to experiment with the various types of toys in a microgravity 
environment while talking to pupils who will be able to monitor (via 
classroom television (TV) sets) the onboard activities at their schools.  
Among the toys seen here are a friction car and loop track, paper eagle,
and  a balloon helicopter.  NOTE: also labeled the Application Specific 
Preprogrammed Experiment Culture System Physics of Toys (ASPEC).