Title
Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch Pad 39A at 2:20:32 p.m. EST, April 4 1997
Caption
Like a rising sun lighting up the afternoon sky, the Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch Pad 39A at 2:20:32 p.m. EST, April 4, on the 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission. The crew members are Mission Commander James D. Halsell, Jr.; Pilot Susan L. Still; Payload Commander Janice Voss; Mission Specialists Michael L. Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas; and Payload Specialists Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. During the scheduled 16-day STS-83 mission, the MSL-1 will be used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the International Space Station as well as research in combustion, protein crystal growth and materials processing experiments
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Date
Apr 04, 1997
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group
Reference
UMG22A40_151
License type
Rights managed
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10,8Mb (385,2Kb) / 5,7in x 7,4in / 1698 x 2226 (300dpi)