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STS-90

Launched: April 17, 1998, 2:19:00 p.m. EDT

Landing: May 3, 1998, 12:08:59 p.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Space Shuttle: Columbia

Crew: Commander Richard A. Searfoss, Pilot Scott D. Altman, Mission Specialists Richard M. Linnehan, Dafydd Rhys Williams, Kathryn P. Hire, Payload Specialists Dr. Jay C. Buckey, Jr. and Dr. James A. Pawelczyk.

 

The main research aboard the STS-90 mission were Neurolab's 26 experiments to better understand the nervous system. The primary goals were to conduct basic research in neurosciences and expand understanding of how the nervous system develops and functions in space. Test subjects were crew members and rats, mice, crickets, snails and two kinds of fish. This was a cooperative effort of NASA, several domestic partners and the space agencies of Canada (CSA), France (CNES) and Germany (DARA), as well as the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA).

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: 0sts090-s-001

Date: December 1997

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