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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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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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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