IMAGE 400_499\461.Lbm,Emblem for STS-9, Columbia, November 1983: Merbold, Parker, Young, Shaw, Garriott, Lichtenberg. First flight of Spacelab, Spacelab 1. Record six-man crew.
IMAGE 100_199\174.Lbm,This cutaway picture shows the shuttle orbiter with Spacelab in the payload bay. This configuration of Spacelab comprises the pressurized long module and pallets.
IMAGE 600_699\698.Lbm,Training for emergencies in an armoured personnel carrier are the Spacelab 1 crew (from the left): Brewster Shaw, Ulf Merbold, Owen Garriott, John Young, Robert Parker and Byron Lichtenberg.
IMAGE 0_99\89.Lbm,Spacelab is lowered into the payload bay of Columbia ready for its maiden flight, scheduled for November 1983. At left is the pressurized laboratory; at right the open pallets.
IMAGE 1900_99\973.Lbm,Equipment mounted on the Spacelab pallet, being prepared for the first Spacelab mission, Spacelab 1, on STS-9 in November 1983.
IMAGE 600_699\644.Lbm,Columbia arrives at launch pad 39A, where it will be prepared for the first Spacelab launch, STS-9. Note at left the rotating service structure.
IMAGE 700_799\700.Lbm,An 'X-ray' picture of Columbia showing Spacelab 1 in the payload bay. It was produced by a double exposure technique.
IMAGE 700_799\773.Lbm,Carrying Spacelab 1, Columbia soars from the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on November 28, 1983.
IMAGE 0_99\44.Lbm,On the first Spacelab mission (STS-9, Spacelab 1) in November 1983 Owen Garriott (left) takes a blood sample from Byron Lichtenberg.
IMAGE 100_199\106.Lbm,Working intently in the laboratory module on the STS-9/Spacelab 1 mission in November 1983 is West German scientist Ulf Merbold.
IMAGE 800_899\891.Lbm,Topsy-turvy inside Spacelab on the STS-9/Spacelab 1 mission are the crew of six, a record number for a space flight.
IMAGE 800_899\896.Lbm,The Spacelab 1 crew busy at work inside the laboratory module. ESA astronaut Ulf Merbold is on the left.
xxIMAGE 1400_99\407a.Lbm,Weightless scientists at work in Spacelab. At left is American astronaut Robert Parker. The feet and body belong to European astronaut Ulf Merbold. (STS-9)
IMAGE 1800_99\814.Lbm,Payload specialist Byron Lichtenberg carries out an experiment at the fluid physics module during Spacelab's hectic 10-day flight. (STS-9)
IMAGE 1800_99\815.Lbm,Spacelab astronauts gather round the TV monitor inside the laboratory module. They are, from the left: Robert Parker, Byron Lichtenberg and Ulf Merbold. (STS-9)
IMAGE 1400_99\407.Lbm,The Red Sea between Africa (bottom) and Arabia, viewed by Spacelab's metric camera.
IMAGE 600_699\696.Lbm,The STS-9/Spacelab 1 crew descend from Columbia at Edwards Air Force Base after their highly successful mission. They are, from the bottom: John Young, Brewster Shaw, Robert Parker, Ulf Merbold, Owen Garriott and Byron Lichtenberg.
