STS-65
Launch: July 8, 1994
Landing: July 23, 1994 Kennedy Space Center, Fl.
Astronauts: Robert D. Cabana, James D. Halsell Jr., Richard J. Hieb, Carl E. Walz, Leroy Chiao and Donald A. Thomas, and Chiaki Naito-Mukai
Space Shuttle: Columbia
The mission further advanced the concept of telescience, where researchers on the ground can monitor in real time experiments on board the orbiter. This flight set a new record of more than 25,000 payload commands issued from Spacelab Mission Operations Control at Huntsville, Ala. The flight marked the first time liftoff and reentry as experienced from the crew cabin were captured on videotape. Crew took time during mission to honor 25th anniversary of Apollo 11, noting it also featured a spacecraft named Columbia.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts065-s-001
Date: March 1994
STS-65
Launch: July 8, 1994
Landing: July 23, 1994 Kennedy Space Center, Fl.
Astronauts: Robert D. Cabana, James D. Halsell Jr., Richard J. Hieb, Carl E. Walz, Leroy Chiao and Donald A. Thomas, and Chiaki Naito-Mukai
Space Shuttle: Columbia
The mission further advanced the concept of telescience, where researchers on the ground can monitor in real time experiments on board the orbiter. This flight set a new record of more than 25,000 payload commands issued from Spacelab Mission Operations Control at Huntsville, Ala. The flight marked the first time liftoff and reentry as experienced from the crew cabin were captured on videotape. Crew took time during mission to honor 25th anniversary of Apollo 11, noting it also featured a spacecraft named Columbia.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts065-s-001
Date: March 1994