Keywords: november28 december8 1983 johnyoung brewstershaw owengarriott robertparker bryonlichtenberg ulfmerbold columbia sys-9 sys9 round white background Launch- November 28, 1983 Landing- December 8, 1983 Edwards Air Force Base, Cal. Astronauts: John W. Young, Brewster H. Shaw Jr., Owen K. Garriott, Robert A. R. Parker, Byron K. Lichtenberg and Ulf Merbold Space Shuttle: Columbia STS-9 carried the first Spacelab mission. Spacelab is an orbital laboratory and contains an observations platform composed of cylindrical pressurized modules and U-shaped unpressurized pallets. STS-9 was also the first time six astronauts were flown to space in one launch. www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archiv... Launch- November 28, 1983 Landing- December 8, 1983 Edwards Air Force Base, Cal. Astronauts: John W. Young, Brewster H. Shaw Jr., Owen K. Garriott, Robert A. R. Parker, Byron K. Lichtenberg and Ulf Merbold Space Shuttle: Columbia STS-9 carried the first Spacelab mission. Spacelab is an orbital laboratory and contains an observations platform composed of cylindrical pressurized modules and U-shaped unpressurized pallets. STS-9 was also the first time six astronauts were flown to space in one launch. www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archiv... |