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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
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Gradient Heating Facility in the Materials Science Double Rack (MSDR) on Spacelab-1 Module
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Gradient Heating Facility in the Materials Science Double Rack (MSDR) on Spacelab-1 Module
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The Space Shuttle was designed to carry large payloads into Earth orbit. One of the most important payloads is Spacelab. The Spacelab serves as a small but well-equipped laboratory in space to perform experiments in zero-gravity and make astronomical observations above the Earth's obscuring atmosphere. In this photograph, Payload Specialist, Ulf Merbold, is working at Gradient Heating Facility on the Materials Science Double Rack (MSDR) inside the science module in the Orbiter Columbia's payload bay during STS-9, Spacelab-1 mission. Spacelab-1, the joint ESA (European Space Agency)/NASA mission, was the first operational flight for the Spacelab, and demonstrated new instruments and methods for conducting experiments that are difficult or impossible in ground-based laboratories. This facility performed, in extremely low gravity, a wide variety of materials processing experiments in crystal growth, fluid physics, and metallurgy. The Marshall Space Flight Center had overall management responsibilities.
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The Space Shuttle was designed to carry large payloads into Earth orbit. One of the most important payloads is Spacelab. The Spacelab serves as a small but well-equipped laboratory in space to perform experiments in zero-gravity and make astronomical observations above the Earth's obscuring atmosphere. In this photograph, Payload Specialist, Ulf Merbold, is working at Gradient Heating Facility on the Materials Science Double Rack (MSDR) inside the science module in the Orbiter Columbia's payload bay during STS-9, Spacelab-1 mission. Spacelab-1, the joint ESA (European Space Agency)/NASA mission, was the first operational flight for the Spacelab, and demonstrated new instruments and methods for conducting experiments that are difficult or impossible in ground-based laboratories. This facility performed, in extremely low gravity, a wide variety of materials processing experiments in crystal growth, fluid physics, and metallurgy. The Marshall Space Flight Center had overall management responsibilities.
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Date of Image:
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1983-11-01
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1983-11-01
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Category:
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Microgravity
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Microgravity
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(MRPO) MRD-SPD Discipline(s):
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Materials Science
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Materials Science
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(MRPO) Subject Type:
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Facility
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Facility
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term:
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Microgravity
Keywords
Microgravity
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Spacelab-1
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term:
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Gradient Heating Facility
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Gradient Heating Facility
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MSDR
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Ulf Merbold
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Ulf Merbold
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facet_what:
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Earth
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Earth
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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Columbia
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Columbia
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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Reference Number:
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MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
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MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
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MIX #:
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8440007
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NIX #:
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MSFC-8440007
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MSFC Negative Number:
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8440007
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8440007
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UID:
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SPD-MARSH-8440007
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SPD-MARSH-8440007
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