Spacelab missions

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Spacelab missions were a series of reusable laboratory flights carried in the Space Shuttle’s payload bay that enabled astronauts to conduct extensive microgravity and scientific research in Earth orbit.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Spacelab missions (Spacelab missions were a series of reusable laboratory flights carried in the Space Shuttle’s payload bay that enabled astronauts to conduct extensive microgravity and scientific research in Earth orbit.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf series of space missions ⓘ
spaceflight program ⓘ
carriedIn Space Shuttle payload bay ⓘ
conductedIn low Earth orbit ⓘ
countryInvolved European Space Agency member states ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
United States ⓘ
crewActivity in‑orbit experiment operation ⓘ
real‑time experiment control ⓘ
developedBy European Space Agency ⓘ
developedInCooperationWith NASA ⓘ
enabled in‑orbit laboratory experiments ⓘ
long‑duration microgravity investigations ⓘ
feature pressurized laboratory module ⓘ
unpressurized experiment pallets ⓘ
firstFlight STS-9 ⓘ
firstFlightYear 1983 ⓘ
lastFlight STS-90 ⓘ
lastFlightYear 1998 ⓘ
legacy precursor to International Space Station laboratory operations ⓘ
notableMission Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 1 ⓘ
Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 2 ⓘ
Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 3 ⓘ
D-1 ⓘ
D-2 ⓘ
International Microgravity Laboratory 1 ⓘ
International Microgravity Laboratory 2 ⓘ
Spacelab 1 ⓘ
Spacelab 2 ⓘ
Spacelab Life Sciences 1 ⓘ
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Spacelab Life Sciences 2 ⓘ
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Spacelab-J ⓘ
operatedBy ESA member state space agencies ⓘ
NASA ⓘ
partOf Space Shuttle program ⓘ
primaryPurpose microgravity research ⓘ
scientific research in Earth orbit ⓘ
reusability reusable laboratory hardware ⓘ
supportedDiscipline Earth observation ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
atmospheric science ⓘ
fluid physics ⓘ
life sciences ⓘ
materials science ⓘ
solar physics ⓘ
timePeriod 1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
usedHardware Spacelab instrument pointing system ⓘ
Spacelab laboratory module ⓘ
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Spacelab pallets ⓘ
usedVehicle Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ

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Referenced by (28)

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NASA Space Shuttle program → usedFor → Spacelab missions ⓘ
STS-42 → payload → International Microgravity Laboratory-1 ⓘ
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Spacelab missions → usedHardware → Spacelab laboratory module ⓘ
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Spacelab missions → notableMission → Spacelab Life Sciences 1 ⓘ
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Spacelab missions → notableMission → Spacelab Life Sciences 2 ⓘ
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IML-1 → program → Spacelab program ⓘ
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Ulf Merbold → notableWork → Spacelab missions ⓘ
Spacelab instrument pointing system → usedOn → Space Shuttle Spacelab missions ⓘ
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Spacelab instrument pointing system → usedDuring → Spacelab science missions ⓘ
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D-1 → program → Spacelab program ⓘ
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Spacelab 1 → program → Spacelab program ⓘ
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Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 2 → program → Spacelab program ⓘ
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International Microgravity Laboratory 2 → partOfProgram → Spacelab program ⓘ
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OV-105 → usedFor → Spacelab missions ⓘ
SPACEHAB → usedIn → Spacelab-class missions ⓘ
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Space Shuttle → usedFor → Spacelab missions ⓘ
STS-87 → missionPatchFeature → Space Shuttle Columbia with microgravity and solar imagery themes ⓘ
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Spacelab Life Sciences-2 → partOf → Spacelab program ⓘ
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Spacelab laboratory module → partOf → Spacelab program ⓘ
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Infrared Telescope (IRT) → associatedProgram → Spacelab program ⓘ
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Plasma Diagnostics Package → associatedWithProgram → Spacelab program ⓘ
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Spacelab D1 → partOfProgram → Spacelab program ⓘ
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Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications-1 → relatedTo → Space Shuttle Earth observation missions ⓘ
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John-David F. Bartoe → participatedIn → Spacelab program ⓘ
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Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 → partOf → Spacelab program ⓘ
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Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 → relatedTo → Spacelab microgravity missions ⓘ
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Space Shuttle commander → mayCommand → Spacelab missions ⓘ
Janice E. Voss → notableWork → Spacelab experiments on STS-57 ⓘ
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