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STS-9

Launch: November 28, 1983
Landing: December 8, 1983 Edwards Air Force Base, Cal.
Astronauts: John W. Young, Brewster H. Shaw Jr., Owen K. Garriott, Robert A. R. Parker, Byron K. Lichtenberg and Ulf Merbold
Space Shuttle: Columbia

STS-9 carried the first Spacelab mission. Spacelab is an orbital laboratory and contains an observations platform composed of cylindrical pressurized modules and U-shaped unpressurized pallets. STS-9 was also the first time six astronauts were flown to space in one launch.

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Credit: NASA
Image Number: S83-32900
Date: May 25, 1983

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STS-9

Launch: November 28, 1983
Landing: December 8, 1983 Edwards Air Force Base, Cal.
Astronauts: John W. Young, Brewster H. Shaw Jr., Owen K. Garriott, Robert A. R. Parker, Byron K. Lichtenberg and Ulf Merbold
Space Shuttle: Columbia

STS-9 carried the first Spacelab mission. Spacelab is an orbital laboratory and contains an observations platform composed of cylindrical pressurized modules and U-shaped unpressurized pallets. STS-9 was also the first time six astronauts were flown to space in one launch.

NASA Media Usage Guidelines

Credit: NASA
Image Number: S83-32900
Date: May 25, 1983