Spacelab - Spacelab missions

A research facility flown in the cargo bay of the NASA space shuttle; designed, built, and financed by the European Space Agency. It had flown four times by the end of 1985. It consists of a pressurized experiment module for scientist-astronaut activities, and one or more pallets upon which telescopes and Earth remote-sensing experiments are mounted.

The Spacelab Module consists of a large cylindrical main laboratory that is flown in the rear of the Space Shuttle cargo bay, connected to the crew compartment by a long tube. The first lab module, LM1, was given to NASA free of charge in exchange for flight opportunities for European astronauts.

Spacelab Module was used in 25 shuttle flights, but was decommissioned in 1998 - science work was supposed to be moved to the International Space Station and Spacehab module, a pressurized carrier similar to the Spacelab Module.

Spacelab missions

STS-9, Spacelab 1, November 1983, Module (LM1) and Pallet STS-51-B, Spacelab 3, April 1985, Module (LM1) STS-51-F, Spacelab 2, July 1985, three Pallet configuration STS-61-A, Spacelab D1, October 1985, Module (LM2) STS-35, ASTRO-1, December 1990, Pallet STS-40, SLS-1, June 1991, Module LM1) STS-42, IML-1, January 1992, Module LM2) STS-45, ATLAS-1, March 1992, two Pallet configuration STS-50, USML-1, June 1992, Module LM1) STS-47, Spacelab-J, September 1992, Module (LM2) STS-56, ATLAS-2, April 1993, Pallet STS-55, Spacelab D2, April 1993, Module (LM1) STS-58, SLS-2, October 1993, Module (LM2) STS-59, SRL-1, April 1994, Pallet STS-65, IML-2, July 1994, Module (LM1) STS-68, SRL-2, October 1994, Pallet STS-66, ATLAS-3, November 1994, Pallet STS-67, ASTRO-2, March 1995, Pallet STS-71, Spacelab-Mir, June 1995, Module (LM2) STS-73, USML-2, October 1995, Module (LM1) STS-78, LMS, June 1996, Module (LM2) STS-83, MSL-1, April 1997, Module (LM1) STS-94, MSL-1R, July 1997, Module (LM1) STS-90, Neurolab, April 1998, Module (LM2) STS-99, SRTM, February 2000, Pallet