S73E5262 - STS-073 - DPM and FSDC, Mission Specialist Coleman and Payload Specialist Leslie work in Spacelab

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S73E5262 - STS-073 - DPM and FSDC, Mission Specialist Coleman and Payload Specialist Leslie work in Spacelab

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Description: STS-73 Mission Specialist Catherine ''Cady'' Coleman works with Drop Physics Module (DPM) experiment in the foreground as Payload Specialist Fred Leslie works with the Fiber Supported Droplet Combustion (FSDC) glovebox experiment in the United States Microgravity Laboratory 2 (UMSL-2) Spacelab science module. This view was taken with an electronic still camera.

Subject Terms: STS-73, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), ASTRONAUTS, PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS, SPACELAB, DROPS (LIQUIDS), GLOVEBOX

Date Taken: 10/30/1995

Categories: Onboard Operations

Interior_Exterior: Interior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Digital Still

Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-73

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1995

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The U.S. National Archives

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