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Onboard photo: Astronauts at
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Onboard photo: Astronauts at work |
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1995-10-20 |
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Onboard Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-73) Payload Specialist Albert Sacco loads autoclaves using a power screwdriver into the Zeolite Crystal Growth (ZCG) experiment in the middeck for the United States Microgravity Laboratory 2 (USML-2) Spacelab mission. |
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Albert Sacco Jr. with Gloveb
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Albert Sacco Jr. with Glovebox |
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1995-10-20 |
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Albert Sacco Jr., payload specialist for STS-73, works in the glovebox on the portside of the science module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in earth orbit. |
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STS-73 Onboard View
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STS-73 Onboard View |
| Date of Image |
1995-10-20 |
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Payload specialist Albert Sacco Jr. inspects a crystal in a cylindrical autoclave on the mid-deck of the earth-orbiting space shuttle Columbia. This Zeolite Crystal Growth (ZCG) experiment was one of a few U.S. Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) experiments that were conducted in both the Shuttle proper and its primary cargo's science module in the payload bay. Most of the experiments were conducted solely in the science module. Sacco was one of two guest researchers who joined five NASA astronauts for 16 days of Earth-orbit. |
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STS-73 Crew Portrait
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STS-73 Crew Portrait |
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1995-07-10 |
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These five astronauts and two United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML) payload specialists pause from a rigid training schedule for the STS-73 crew portrait. On the front row, left to right, are Albert Sacco Jr., payload specialist, Kent V. Rominger, pilot, and Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, mission specialist. On the back row are, left to right, Catherine G. Coleman, mission specialist, Kenneth D. Bowersox, commander, Fred W. Leslie, payload specialist, and Kathryn C. Thornton, payload commander. The STS-073 crew launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on October 20, 1995 at 9:53:00.069 am (EDT). The mission served as the second flight of the Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2). |
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STS-73 Cmdr Kenneth D. Bower
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STS-73 Cmdr Kenneth D. Bowersox addresses news media |
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STS-73 Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox (far right) addresses news media gathered for the crew's arrival at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. With him are fellow crew members Kathryn C. Thornton (left), payload commander, Catherine G. Coleman, mission specialist, Fred W. Leslie and Albert Sacco Jr., payload specialists, Michael Lopez-Alegria, mission specialist, and Kent V. Rominger, pilot. The crew arrived at KSC just hours after the countdown clock began ticking toward a scheduled liftoff of the Space Shuttle Columbia from Pad 39B at 9:35 a.m. EDT, Sept. 28. |
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09.25.1995 |
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STS-73 Crew breakfast in O&C
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STS-73 Crew breakfast in O&C building |
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Already on different schedules in anticipation of their upcoming space research flight, the seven crew members assigned to Space Shuttle Mission STS-73 gather for a meal in the Operations and Checkout Building. From left are Payload Commander Kathryn C. Thornton, Mission Specialist Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Payload Specialists Albert Sacco Jr. and Fred W. Leslie, Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox, Mission Specialist Catherine G. Coleman, and Pilot Kent V. Rominger. After receiving a weather briefing, they will don their launch/entry suits and depart for Launch Pad 39B, where the Space Shuttle Columbia is undergoing final preparations for liftoff during a launch window opening at 9:41 a.m. EDT, Oct. 7. |
| Date |
10.07.1995 |
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STS-73 Crew members training
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STS-73 Crew members training inside Spacelab USML-2 |
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Crew members in training for the STS-73/U.S. Microgravity Laboratory-2 (USML-2) mission pose for a photograph inside the Spacelab module during the Crew Equipment Integration Test (CEIT) at the Operations and Checkout Building. The crew includes, from left, Payload Commander Kathryn Thornton, Payload Specialist Albert Sacco, Alternate Payload Specialist R. Glynn Holt, Payload Specialist Fred Leslie, Alternate Payload Specialist Dave Matthiesen, and Mission Specialist Catherine Coleman. The extended- duration Shuttle mission is targeted for liftoff in September aboard Columbia. |
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06.15.1995 |
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STS-73 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-73 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-73 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-73 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-73 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-73 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-73 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-73 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-73 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-73 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-73 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Columbia soars into the cloud-washed sky above Cape Canaveral Lighthouse. After six scrubs from the original Sept. 25 launch date, liftoff occurred Oct. 20 at 9:53 a.m. EDT. The crew of seven comprises Commander Ken Bowersox, Pilot Kent Rominger, Mission Specialists Kathy Thornton (Payload Commander), Catherine Coleman and Michael Lopez-Alegria, plus Payload Specialists Fred Leslie and Albert Sacco. The 72nd Shuttle mission, STS-73 marks the second flight of the U.S. Microgravity Laboratory. Research is being conducted in five areas: fluid physics, materials science, biotechnology, combustion science, and commercial space processing. The lighthouse, undergoing refurbishment and upgrade, is shown with a network of nylon lines ready for canvas panels to be attached. The canvas shroud will protect the surrounding area during sand-blasting of the lead-based paint. |
| Release Date |
10/25/1995 |
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