STS-50
Launch: June 25, 1992
Landing: July 9, 1992 Kennedy Space Center, Fl.
Astronauts: Richard N. Richards, Kenneth D. Bowersox, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ellen S. Baker, Carl J. Meade, Lawrence J. DeLucas and Eugene H. Trinh
Space Shuttle: Columbia
The primary payload was the United States Microgravity Laboratory-I (USML-1), a manned Spacelab module with a connecting tunnel to the orbiter crew compartment. USML-1 was a national effort to advance microgravity research in a broad number of disciplines.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: s50-s-001
Date: January 1992
STS-50
Launch: June 25, 1992
Landing: July 9, 1992 Kennedy Space Center, Fl.
Astronauts: Richard N. Richards, Kenneth D. Bowersox, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ellen S. Baker, Carl J. Meade, Lawrence J. DeLucas and Eugene H. Trinh
Space Shuttle: Columbia
The primary payload was the United States Microgravity Laboratory-I (USML-1), a manned Spacelab module with a connecting tunnel to the orbiter crew compartment. USML-1 was a national effort to advance microgravity research in a broad number of disciplines.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: s50-s-001
Date: January 1992