Payload specialist Merbold performing experiment in Spacelab
STS009-13-699 (28 Nov - 8 Dec 1983) --? Ulf Merbold, Spacelab 1 payload specialist, carries out one of the experiments using the gradient heating facility on the materials science double rack facility in the bu... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, Earth limb at sunrise
STS009-11-675 (December 1983) --- The Space Shuttle Columbia passes into a brilliant sunrise scene during the STS-9\Spacelab 1 mission. The photograph was taken with a 35mm camera aimed through Columbia's aft ... More
View of the Life Sciences Laboratory Equipment (LSLE) Incubator - Lymp...
S84-43683 (26 Nov 1984) --- This vertically positioned rectangular piece of hardware, scheduled to fly on the science module of Spacelab Life Sciences-1, is important to the immunology investigation on the miss... More
Astronauts Don Lind observes growth of crystals in VCGS aboard orbiter
51B-01-007 (30 April 1985) --- Astronaut Don L. Lind, 51-B Spacelab 3 mission specialist, observes the growth of mercuric iodide crystal in the vapor crystal growth system (VCGS) on the Spacelab 3 science modul... More
Astronauts Lodewijk van den Berg observes growth of crystals in VCGS
51B-06-010 (29 April-6 May 1985) --- Lodewijk van den Berg, 51-B payload specialist, observes the growth of mercuric iodide crystal in the vapor crystal growth system (VCGS) on the Spacelab 3 science module abo... More
Astronaut Norman Thagard rests on middeck while other team is on duty
Astronaut Norman E. Thagard, mission specialist for the "silver" team, rests on the middeck while the "gold" team is on duty in the science module. Don L. Lind, left, "gold" team member, meanwhile participates ... More
Taylor E. Wang observes growth of crystals in VCGS aboard orbiter
51B-14-038 (29 April-6 May 1985) --- Payload specialist Taylor G. Wang manipulates a 1.5 centimeter diameter sphere in the Drop Dynamics Module (DDM) in the science module aboard the earth-orbiting Space Shuttl... More
STS-42 Mission Specialist (MS) Hilmers reviews checklist in IML-1 modu...
STS042-17-001 (22 Jan 1992) --- Astronaut David C. Hilmers, mission specialist, looks over a checklist at the Johnson Space Center refrigerator/freezer, in which perishable samples are stowed. The view gives ... More
STS-42 MS/PLC Norman E. Thagard adjusts Rack 10 FES equipment in IML-1...
STS042-05-006 (22-30 Jan 1992) --- Astronaut Norman E. Thagard, payload commander, performs the Fluids Experiment System (FES) in the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1) science module. The FES is a ... More
STS-42 OV-103 crew poses for onboard (in-space) portrait in IML-1 SL m...
STS042-78-061 (22-30 Jan. 1992) --- The seven STS-42 crewmembers pose for a traditional in-space portrait in the shirt-sleeve environment of the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1) science module in t... More
STS-42 Mission Specialist (MS) Hilmers in IML-1's MVI rotator chair
STS042-27-037 (22-30 Jan. 1992) --- Astronaut David C. Hilmers, STS-42 mission specialist, wearing a helmet assembly, sits in the Microgravity Vestibular Investigation (MVI) rotating chair. The scene is in the... More
Crewmember working on the spacelab Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus, ra...
STS050-02-036 (25 June-9 July 1992) --- Astronaut Carl J. Meade, mission specialist, operates the Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (GBA) in the Science Module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Meade was joined... More
Crewmembers eating in the mid deck.
STS050-25-024 (25 June-9 July 1992) --- Astronauts Richard N. Richards and Bonnie J. Dunbar, momentarily on leave from the United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-1) science module, share a meal on the midd... More
Crewmember in spacelab with the Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus, rack ...
STS050-301-001 (25 June-9July 1992) --- Astronaut Carl J. Meade, mission specialist, works with the Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus in the science module aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Paylo... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, Crewmembers in the spacelab.
STS050-255-027 (25 June-9 July 1992) --- Payload specialist Eugene H. Trinh, left, and astronaut Carl J. Meade, mission specialist, go to work in the U.S. Microgravity Laboratory (USML-1) science module as the ... More
Crewmember in the mid deck with the Zeolite Crystal Growth experiment.
STS50-262-004 (25 June-9 July 1992) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, STS-50 pilot, holds an autoclave used in the growing of zeolite crystals on the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. He i... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, Crewmember in the spacelab.
STS050-259-016 (25 June-9 July 1992) --- Payload specialist Lawrence J. DeLucas works at the Multipurpose Glovebox (MPGB) in the science module aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Provided by the... More
STS-47 MS Jemison works in the Spacelab Japan (SLJ) module aboard OV-1...
STS047-37-003 (12-20 Sept. 1992) --- Astronaut Mae C. Jemison, STS-47 mission specialist, appears to be clicking her heels in zero-gravity in this 35mm frame photographed in the Science Module aboard the Earth-... More
STS-47 crew poses for official onboard (in space) portrait in SLJ modu...
STS047-12-002 (12 - 20 Sept 1992) --- The crew members assemble for their traditional in-flight portrait in this 35mm frame photographed in the Science Module aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour.... More
STS-47 crew poses for official onboard (in space) portrait in SLJ modu...
STS047-09-009 (12 - 20 Sept 1992) --- The seven crew members sharing eight days of research in support of Spacelab-J pose for the traditional inflight portrait in the Science Module. Pictured, left to right, b... More
STS-47 MS Davis & MS Jemison with LBNP device in SLJ module aboard OV-...
STS047-46-027 (12-20 Sept. 1992) --- Astronauts N. Jan Davis (left) and Mae C. Jemison, STS-47 mission specialists, prepare to deploy the Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) apparatus in this 35mm frame photogr... More
STS-47 crew in SLJ module make notes during shift changeover aboard OV...
STS047-04-007 (12 - 20 Sept 1992) --- Six of the seven crew members supporting the Spacelab-J mission share this shift change scene in the Science Module. From the foreground, are astronauts Mae C. Jemison, Ma... More
STS-47 MS Davis holds mixed protein sample while working at SLJ Rack 7...
STS047-03-024 (12 - 20 Sept 1992) --- Astronaut N. Jan Davis, mission specialist, talks to ground controllers as she works with the Free Flow Electrophoresis Unit (FFEU) in the Science Module of the Earth-orbit... More
STS-55 Spacelab D-2 (SL D-2) Crew Members at KSC and at JSC Training
S92-49373 (8 Dec 1992) --- The seven prime flight crewmembers and two alternates assigned to support the STS-55\Spacelab D-2 mission pose with their science module. Left to right (front) are Steven R. Nagel, T... More
STS-55 German Payload Specialist Schlegel manipulates ROTEX controls i...
STS055-106-100 (26 April-6 May 1993) --- Hans Schlegel, wearing special glasses, works at the Robotics Experiment (ROTEX) workstation in the science module aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Sch... More
STS-55 crewmembers pose with U.S. and German flags in SL-D2 module on ...
STS-55 crewmembers pose with United States and German flags inside the Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) science module located in the payload bay (PLB) of Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. Wearing communications k... More
Launch of STS-58 Space Shuttle Columbia
STS058-S-091 (18 Oct 1993) --- A distant shot shows the Space Shuttle Columbia, lifting off from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), reflecting its image in nearby marsh waters. Launch occurred at... More
Distant view of STS-58 Columbia launch from Shuttle Training Aircraft
STS058-S-122 (18 Oct 1993) --- This distant shot of Columbia on its way to Earth-orbit was captured on film from the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) assigned to advance launch range screening. Onboard the spac... More
Launch of STS-58 Space Shuttle Columbia
STS058-S-092 (18 Oct 1993) --- The Space Shuttle Columbia, with a crew of seven and a science module aboard, lifts off from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), leaving its reflection in nearby mars... More
STS-58 crew onboard portrait. NASA public domain image colelction.
STS058-16-008 (18 Oct.-1 Nov. 1993) --- Inside the science module aboard the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Columbia, a pre-set 35mm camera recorded the traditional inflight portrait of the STS-58 crew. Pictured ... More
STS-65 Columbia, OV-102, lifts off from KSC Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39...
STS065-S-048 (8 July 1994) --- The Space Shuttle Columbia, with six NASA astronauts and a Japanese payload specialist aboard, heads toward Earth-orbit. A short time later, the crew began setting up the science... More
STS-65 onboard view of Columbia's, OV-102's, payload bay with IML-2 mo...
STS065-34-016 (8-23 July 1994) --- Clouds over the ocean form the backdrop for this scene of the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) science module in the Space Shuttle Columbia's cargo bay during the... More
STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai enters IML-2 spacelab module aboard OV...
STS065-214-037 (8-23 July 1994) --- Ready to begin one of her busy twelve hour shifts, payload specialist Dr. Chiaki Naito-Mukai enters the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) science module in the ca... More
STS-65 crew works inside the IML-2 spacelab module aboard Columbia, OV...
STS065-05-037 (8-23 July 1994) --- In the science module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, four members of the crew busy themselves with experiments in support of the second International Microgravity Laborato... More
STS-65 IML-2 spacelab module in Columbia's payload bay with Earth back...
STS065-42-017 (8-23 July 1994) --- This 35mm panorama shows the science module, for the second International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) and the Space Shuttle Columbia's cargo bay, backdropped against the d... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-73 launch views
STS073-S-030 (20 Oct. 1995) --- The space shuttle Columbia lifts off from Launch Pad 39B, at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), to begin a scheduled 16-day mission in Earth orbit in support of the United States Mi... More
CGF, Payload Specialist Fred Leslie working in USML-2 Spacelab
STS073-101-018 (20 October-5 November 1995) --- Payload specialist Fred W. Leslie maneuvers his body to a position conducive to research at the Crystal Growth Furnace (CGF) aboard the science module in the carg... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-73 launch views
STS073-S-027 (20 October 1995) --- A 35mm camera captured this low-angle view of the Space Shuttle Columbia as it lifted off from Launch Pad 39B, at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), to begin a scheduled 16-day m... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-73 launch views
STS073-S-029 (20 October 1995) --- A stationary 70mm camera captured this wide view of the Space Shuttle Columbia as it lifted off from Launch Pad 39B, at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), to begin a scheduled 16... More
DPM and Glovebox, Payload Commander Kathy Thornton and Payload Special...
STS073-E-5003 (23 Oct. 1995) --- Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton, STS-73 payload commander, works at the Drop Physics Module (DPM) on the portside of the science module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in Earth ... More
Spacelab Glovebox and Mission Specialist Catherine "Cady" Coleman
STS073-E-5000 (23 Oct. 1995) --- Astronaut Catherine G. Coleman, STS-73 mission specialist, works in the Glovebox on the portside of the science module aboard the space shuttle Columbia in Earth orbit. This Ele... More
PCG-GBX, Payload Specialist Albert Sacco works at glovebox
STS073-E-5024 (23 Oct. 1995)--- Albert Sacco Jr., STS-73 payload specialist, works in the Glovebox on the portside of the science module aboard the space shuttle Columbia in Earth orbit. This frame was exposed ... More
STDCE, Payload Specialist Fred Leslie works in the Spacelab
STS073-E-5041 (26 Oct. 1995) --- Fred W. Leslie, STS-73 payload specialist, working out of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), in Alabama, grabs a support bar on a science workstation rack after floatin... More
Pilot Kent Rominger floats in tunnel
STS073-E-5053 (26 Oct. 1995) --- Astronaut Kent V. Rominger, STS-73 pilot, floats through a tunnel connecting the space shuttle Columbia's cabin and its science module. Rominger is one of seven crewmembers in t... More
Baseball caps of the Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians in the fligh...
STS073-E-5135 (26 Oct. 1995) --- Baseball caps from the two 1995 World Series representative franchises float near the cabin windows of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Columbia, with the Earth in the backgroun... More
Astronaut Kathy Thornton works at Spacelab glovebox
STS073-E-5246 (3 Nov. 1995) --- Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton, STS-73 payload commander, works in the Glovebox of the science module supporting the U.S. Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) mission. Five NASA astro... More
Payload bay with Spacelab backdropped by Earth
STS073-736-018 (29 October 1995) --- The Kalahari Desert in Namibia, Africa, forms the backdrop for this scene. Five NASA astronauts and two guest researchers spent almost 16 days of research in this science m... More
DPM, Payload Commander Kathy Thornton works with experiment as Bowerso...
STS073-E-5311 (3 Nov. 1995) --- Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton, STS-73 payload commander, works at the Drop Physics Module (DPM) on the portside of the science module supporting the U.S. Microgravity Laboratory ... More
DPM, Payload Specialist Al Sacco and Payload Commander Kathy Thornton ...
STS073-108-005 (20 October-5 November 1995) --- Two members of the crew perform an in-flight maintenance on the Drop Physics Module (DPM) in the science module aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. ... More
DPM, Payload Specialist Fred Leslie working in Spacelab
STS073-225-036 (20 October-5 November 1995) --- Payload specialist Fred W. Leslie monitors the response of a liquid drop at the Drop Physics Module (DPM) in the U.S. Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) science mod... More
STDCE, Payload Specialist Fred Leslie works at the STDCE rack in USML-...
STS073-103-015 (20 October-5 November 1995) --- Payload specialist Fred W. Leslie works with the Surface Tension Driven Convection Experiment (STDCE) aboard the science module in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbi... More
GFFC, Commander Ken Bowersox monitors Spacelab experiment
STS073-363-032 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, STS-73 mission commander, studies the movement of fluids in microgravity at the Geophysical Fluid Flow Cell (GFFC) workstation in... More
Payload bay with Spacelab pointing to Earth's surface
STS073-326-021 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- The darkness of space and the Atlantic coast of southern Africa form the backdrop for this scene. Five NASA astronauts and two guest researchers spent almost 1... More
DPM, Payload Commander Kathy Thornton and Commander Ken Bowersox in Sp...
STS073-229-014 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Astronauts Kathryn C. Thornton, STS-73 payload commander, and Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander, observe a liquid drop's activity at the Drop Physics Modul... More
Crew portrait in Spacelab. NASA public domain image colelction.
STS073-303-015 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- The crew members picked the site of their busy workdays as the setting for the traditional in-flight crew portrait, as personnel from both work shifts assembled... More
PCG-GBX, Payload Specialist Albert Sacco works in Spacelab
STS073-106-001 (20 October-5 November 1995) --- Payload specialist Albert Sacco Jr. takes direction from a crew mate out of frame onboard the United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) science module in the... More
Crewmembers float around in Spacelab
STS073-351-024 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, STS-73 mission commander, retrieves a crow bar from a tool set onboard the science module in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting ... More
ZCG, Payload Specialist Al Sacco loads middeck experiment
STS073-353-018 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Payload specialist Albert Sacco Jr. inspects a crystal in a cylindrical autoclave on the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. This Zeolite Cry... More
STS-78 crew portrait in the Spacelab module
STS078-397-030 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- Five NASA astronauts and two international payload specialists take a break from a Shuttle duration record-breaker flight to pose for the traditional inflight crew por... More
BDPU, Helms places new test chamber into experiment module in LMS-1 Sp...
STS078-306-035 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- Astronaut Susan J. Helms, payload commander, and payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, representing the French Space Agency (CNES), insert a test container into the ... More
Henricks examines the computer systems under the Spacelab floor
STS078-432-009 (20 June-7 July 1996) --- Among the inflight maintenance (IFM) chores that were handled by the crew members during their almost 17 days in space aboard the space shuttle Columbia was one that inv... More
STS-78 crew portrait. NASA public domain image colelction.
STS078-428-015 (20 June-7 July 1996) --- The crewmembers chose the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS-1) Science Module as a backdrop for their traditional inflight portrait. Hold picture vertically with paylo... More
AGHF, Helms removes a sample from the LMS-1 Spacelab core facility mod...
STS078-368-022 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- Astronauts Susan J. Helms, payload commander, and Terence T. (Tom) Henricks, mission commander, prepare a sample cartridge containing semiconductor crystals for Spacel... More
Sunrise over the Columbia's payload bay
STS090-383-018 (17 April - 3 May 1998) --- A special lens on a 35mm camera gives a fish-eye effect to this "nightside" out-the-window view from the Space Shuttle Columbia's cabin. The Spacelab Science Module, ... More