| NASA Center: |
Kennedy Space Center |
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| Image # : |
82-HC-64
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| Date : |
02/05/1982
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Title
Vice President Bush with Spacelab Astronauts
Full Description
Pictured from the left are astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Vice
President George Bush, and Ulf Merbold of West Germany, inside
Spacelab in the Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space
Center. This European-built orbital laboratory was formally
dedicated on February 5, 1982. Merbold was one of the payload
specialists on the first Spacelab flight STS-9, that launched
November 28, 1983.
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory that allowed scientists to
perform various experiments in microgravity while orbiting Earth.
Designed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and mounted in NASA's
Space Shuttle cargo bay, Spacelab flew on missions from 1983 to
1997.
Keywords
Spacelab Owen Garriott George Bush Ulf Merbold European Space Agency
Subject Category
Astronauts, Presidents, Space Shuttle, Microgravity Research
Reference Numbers
- Center:
KSC
- Center Number:
82-HC-64
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000072
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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