| NASA Center: |
Kennedy Space Center |
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| Image # : |
108-KSC-82PC-126
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| Date : |
02/05/1982
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Title
Spacelab Arrival Ceremony at Kennedy Space Center
Full Description
NASA Administrator James E. Beggs speaks at the Spacelab arrival
ceremony held at the Operations and Checkout Building, Kennedy
Space Center. Sharing the platform are, from left, Vice
President George Bush; Eric Quistgaard, director general,
European Space Agency (ESA), and Richard G. Smith, director of
Kennedy Space Center. Present but not visible in the picture is
Dr. Johannes Ortner, chairman, Spacelab Program Board, ESA.
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory module 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 European Space Agency ESA Kennedy Space Center KSC
George Bush Eric Quistgaard Richard Smith Johannes Ortner
Subject Category
VIPs-People at NASA-NACA, NASA Management, Space Shuttle
Reference Numbers
- Center:
KSC
- Center Number:
108-KSC-82PC-126
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000088
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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68 |
13 |
Small |
JPEG |
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485 |
301 |
Medium |
JPEG |
1435 |
1136 |
1,660 |
Large |
JPEG |
2870 |
2272 |
8,151 |
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