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| | STS-83 Mission Control Center Status Report # 10
Commander Jim Halsell and Pilot Susan Still guided Columbia to a smooth landing at the Kennedy Space Center this afternoon, bringing the curtailed Microgravity Sciences Laboratory-1 flight to a safe conclusion.
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| | STS-83 Mission Control Center Status Report # 9
Science work aboard Columbia has been completed and the Spacelab module has been deactivated as the seven astronauts prepare for their return to Earth later today.
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| | STS-83 Mission Control Center Status Report # 8
The shuttle Columbia, carrying seven astronauts on board, blasted off at 1:21 p.m. Central time from the Kennedy Space Center for the start of a 16-day Spacelab microgravity research mission.
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| | STS-83 Mission Control Center Status Report # 7
Microgravity research aboard the Shuttle Columbia neared an end this morning as the astronauts prepared to check out the Shuttle’s flight control systems that will be used during tomorrow’s landing at the Kennedy Space Center.
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| | STS-83 Mission Science Report # 6s
Microgravity Science Laboratory activities aboard Columbia are winding down this evening with the last experiment scheduled to end in the German electromagnetic leviatation furnace at about 7:30 p.m. CDT.
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| | STS-83 Mission Control Center Status Report # 6
This afternoon, Columbia’s crew shut down one of three electricity-generating fuel cells that had been experiencing problems since shortly after launch and made plans for ending the STS-83 mission on Tuesday, 12 days early, following a decision by shuttle managers this morning to shorten the flight.
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| | STS-83 Mission Science Report # 5s
Spacelab crew members and science teams at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., worked steadily through the night to complete as much science as possible in the remaining hours of the mission.
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| | STS-83 Mission Control Center Status Report # 5
Space shuttle managers today decided to cut short the STS-83 Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 mission because of problems with one of the shuttle’s three fuel cell power generation units.
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| | STS-83 Mission Science Report # 4s
Microgravity Science Laboratory researchers at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., are working to take maximum advantage of the remaining hours before Space Shuttle Columbia’s return to Earth Tuesday.
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| | STS-83 Mission Control Center Status Report # 4
Science activities associated with the Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) payload are proceeding as planned while the flight team in Houston continues to monitor the performance of one of the shuttle’s three fuel cell power units.
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| | STS-83 Mission Science Report # 3s
After nearly two full days in space, the crew of the Microgravity Science Laboratory mission has successfully activated all Spacelab facilities and, along with science teams on the ground, is getting down to the primary business of the mission -- to conduct fundamental scientific research in space.
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| | STS-83 Mission Control Center Status Report # 3
Science activities continue around the clock on board Columbia as the Blue Team of astronauts – Mission Specialists Janice Voss and Mike Gernhardt and Payload Specialist Roger Crouch – assume responsibility for science operations in the Microgravity Science Laboratory spacelab as their Red Team counterparts sleep.
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| | STS-83 Mission Science Report # 2s
The shuttle Columbia, carrying seven astronauts on board, blasted off at 1:21 p.m. Central time from the Kennedy Space Center for the start of a 16-day Spacelab microgravity research mission.
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| | STS-83 Mission Control Center Status Report # 2
The red team members of STS-83, Commander Jim Halsell and Pilot Susan Still along with Mission Specialist Don Thomas and Payload Specialist Greg Linteris have been busy continuing the payload activation process begun by their blue team counterparts as the research efforts of the first Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission get into full swing.
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| | STS-83 Mission Science Report # 1s
This afternoon's picture-perfect launch of Space Shuttle Columbia began a 16-day joint effort by the United States and 23 other countries to explore a variety of scientific mysteries.
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| | STS-83 Mission Control Center Status Report # 1
The shuttle Columbia, carrying seven astronauts on board, blasted off at 1:21 p.m. Central time from the Kennedy Space Center for the start of a 16-day Spacelab microgravity research mission.
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