STS-9/Spacelab-1 inflight crew portrait

STS-9/Spacelab-1 inflight crew portrait: clockwise, Shaw, Lichtenberg, Parker, Young, Merbold and Garriott

John Young and Ulf Merbold on meal break

STS-9 Commander John Young (left) and Spacelab-1 Payload Specialist Ulf Merbold enjoy a meal break in…

Comet ISON Streams Toward the Sun

In the early hours of Nov. 27, 2013, Comet ISON entered the field of view of…

Deadline Approaching for Undergraduates to Fly Research in Microgravity

NASA is offering undergraduate students from minority serving institutions the opportunity to test an experiment in…

Spacelab airlock

Technology image of the week: Marking the 30th anniversary of Spacelab's first launch this week, the…

Comet ISON approaches the Sun

Comet ISON at 12:42 UT on 27 November as seen in SOHO's LASCO C3 field of…

Spacelab-1 in orbit

The ESA Spacelab-1 laboratory module in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-9, November 1983

Spacelab-1/STS-9 launch, 28 November 1983

28 November 1983: Liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia on the first flight of ESA’s Spacelab.

Spacelab-1/STS-9 launch, 28 November 1983

28 November 1983: Liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia on the first flight of ESA’s Spacelab.

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