This week in 1993, space shuttle Endeavour, mission STS-57, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center carrying the commercially developed Spacehab – a pressurized laboratory designed to more than double pressurized workspace for crew-tended experiments. Twenty-two experiments were flown, covering materials, life science, and wastewater recycling for the International Space Station. Another primary objective for Endeavour was to capture and return EURECA, the EUropean REtrievable CArrier. Here, astronauts David Low and Jeff Wisoff work near the captured EURECA. The Spacehab module is seen in the foreground and EURECA is partially visible near Endeavour’s aft firewall. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center serves as “science central” for the space station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory’s science experiments. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage. (NASA)