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| | 07.07.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report # 35
The Space Shuttle Columbia glided into Kennedy Space Center at 7:37 a.m. CDT today, marking the end of the longest shuttle flight in program history.
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| | 07.06.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #33
Columbia’s astronauts conducted routine firings of the orbiter’s reaction control system jets and checked out its flight control systems and aero surfaces this morning in anticipation of Sunday’s planned landing at the Kennedy Space Center.
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| | 07.05.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #32
Columbia’s astronauts completed another full day of laboratory work aboard the Spacelab today, a day which normally would have been used to prepare for the spacecraft’s return to Earth.
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| | 07.05.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #31
A bonus day of science is under way on board Columbia as the astronauts continue their scientific investigations in the Spacelab module.
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| | 07.04.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #30
With their sleep shifts now set on a schedule to prepare for Sunday’s planned return to Earth, the astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Columbia will receive a wakeup call at 11:39 tonight to begin the sixteenth flight day of the mission.
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| | 07.06.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #29
Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA,” and Lee Greenwood’s “I’m Proud to be an American” greeted Columbia’s seven astronauts today as they awoke to begin their fifteenth flight day on orbit.
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| | 07.03.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #28
Columbia’s Life and Microgravity Spacelab moved into the homestretch as the seven astronauts near completion of two weeks in orbit on what is expected to be the longest Space Shuttle mission to date.
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| | 07.03.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #27
Columbia’s astronauts have begun another day of life and microgravity science following an early morning wake-up call from Mission Control.
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| | 07.02.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #26
The thirteenth flight day of Columbia’s STS-78 mission came to a close earlier this afternoon following another busy day of science investigations in the Spacelab module housed in the orbiter’s payload bay.
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| | 07.02.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #25
Another day of scientific investigations is under way on board Columbia as the Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission enters its 13th day in orbit.
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| | 07.01.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #24
Columbia’s crew went back to work full time today following yesterday’s half-day off.
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| | 07.01.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #23
"Canada Day" is being observed on the Space Shuttle Columbia today as Canadian Payload Specialist Bob Thirsk and his six crewmates spend their 12th day in orbit on the Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission
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| | 06.30.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #22
Work in the Spacelab module this morning and a well deserved half-day off for Columbia's astronauts in the afternoon, brought to a close the eleventh flight day of the STS-78 mission.
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| | 01.12.97 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #21
Columbia’s laboratory research is continuing smoothly, and the crew will have a half-day off duty this afternoon, the second and final such half-day break for the astronauts.
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| | 06.29.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #20
Columbia's crew today performed orbital high-fives when told of the decision to extend the mission by one day to allow for additional science data gathering.
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| | 06.29.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #19
Columbia’s astronauts will continue to record data on their bodies’ responses to microgravity as part of the Life & Microgravity Spacelab mission, concentrating today on inner ear changes and muscular strength measurements
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| | 06.28.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #18
While Columbia’s astronauts sleep, investigators on the ground will remotely command the Bubble Drop and Particle Unit experiment throughout the night.
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| | 06.28.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #17
Columbia's astronauts are continuing to serve as test subjects for a host of human health and microgravity investigations today as the STS-78 Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission nears the halfway point.
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| | 06.27.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #16
With another day of scientific investigation behind them, Columbia’s astronauts were set to begin an eight-hour sleep period at 6:19 this evening.
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| | 06.27.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #15
Life and Microgravity Spacelab experiments are continuing today as Columbia's astronauts document how space flight is affecting their minds and bodies
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| | 06.26.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #14
Columbia's crew completed another day of scientific investigation in the Spacelab module as the orbiter circled the Earth at an altitude of about 170 miles.
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| | 06.26.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #13
After a half day of off-duty relaxation, Columbia's crew went back to work this morning on the 41 science investigations associated with the STS-78 Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission.
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| | 06.25.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #12
Early today, Columbia’s astronauts performed status checks on the life and microgravity experiments and conducted a brief maintenance procedure to trouble-shoot an electrical circuit in the Bubble Drop Particle Unit investigation.
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| | 06.25.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #11
Columbia's seven astronauts will get a break from their work with the Life and Microgravity Spacelab experiments, taking the second half of today off to recharge their batteries a third of the way through what is expected to be a 17-day flight.
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| | 06.24.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #10
Scientific investigations continued today with Columbia providing a trouble-free platform for the experiments housed in the Spacelab module on Columbia's middeck.
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| | 06.24.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report #9
Microgravity research today aboard Columbia will concentrate on the use of the gradient furnace and the Bubble Drop Particle Unit to study materials processing, and on studies of human muscles and balance mechanisms.
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| | 06.23.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report # 8
In addition to continuing work in the Spacelab module, Columbia's crew today also spent time sharing the progress of its mission with a varied audience.
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| | 06.22.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report # 6
Columbia’s astronauts continued their work in the Spacelab module today, as the oldest shuttle in the fleet continued to provide a stable platform for what is planned to be two more weeks of experiments and investigations into microgravity science.
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| | 06.22.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report # 5
With the Life and Microgravity Spacelab experiments relating to bone-mass loss in mind, flight controllers in Houston awakened the crew of Columbia with the song “Bad to the Bone” at 4:49 a.m. CDT.
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| | 06.21.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report # 4
The STS-78 astronauts spent their first full day in orbit continuing the scientific investigations housed in the Spacelab module and on Columbia’s middeck.
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| | 06.21.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report # 3
STS-78 Commander Tom Henricks told ground controllers this morning that Columbia's "free fallers" are starting their first full day of life science and microgravity experimentation with a great attitude.
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| | 06.20.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report # 2
Orbiting more than 170 miles over the surface of the Earth, Columbia's astronauts successfully activated the Spacelab module housing more than 40 life science and microgravity experiments in the Shuttle's cargo bay.
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| | 06.20.96 - STS-78 Mission Control Center Status Report # 1
The Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on time at 9:49 a.m. CDT today on a 16-day medical research mission that, if extended to 17 days as planned, would become the longest shuttle mission in history.
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