Sujet
Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch Pad 39A at 2:20:32 p.m. EST, April 4 1997
Légende
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
04 avr. 1997
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group
Notre référence
UMG22A40_151
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
10,8Mo (385,2Ko) / 14,4cm x 18,8cm / 1698 x 2226 (300dpi)