Detail View: : Like a rising sun lighting up the afternoon sky, the Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch Pad 39A at 2:20:32 p.m. EST, April 4, on the 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission. The crew members are Mission Commander James D. Halsell, Jr.; Pilot Susan L. Still; Payload Commander Janice Voss; Mission Specialists Michael L. Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas; and Payload Specialists Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. During the scheduled 16-day STS-83 mission, the MSL-1 will be used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the International Space Station as well as research in combustion, protein crystal growth and materials processing experiments
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Collection:
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NASA Kennedy Center Media Archive Collection
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Description:
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Like a rising sun lighting up the afternoon sky, the Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch Pad 39A at 2:20:32 p.m. EST, April 4, on the 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission. The crew members are Mission Commander James D. Halsell, Jr.; Pilot Susan L. Still; Payload Commander Janice Voss; Mission Specialists Michael L. Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas; and Payload Specialists Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. During the scheduled 16-day STS-83 mission, the MSL-1 will be used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the International Space Station as well as research in combustion, protein crystal growth and materials processing experiments
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Release Date:
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04/04/1997
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Photo Credit:
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NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Release:
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
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facet_who:
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Janice Voss
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facet_what:
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Sun
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facet_what:
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MSL
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facet_what:
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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facet_what:
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International Space Station (ISS)
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facet_what:
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Columbia
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facet_where:
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Florida
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facet_where:
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Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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facet_when:
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04-04-1997
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facet_when_year:
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1997
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Photo Number:
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KSC-97PC-573
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UID:
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SPD-KSCMA-KSC-97PC-573
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original url:
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http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=327
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Image ID:
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158013
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Resolution Size:
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5
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Format:
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JP2
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Media Type:
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Image
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File Name:
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97pc573.jp2
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Width:
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2400
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Height:
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1920
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