STS-78STS078-S-001 (March 1998) --- The STS-78 mission links the past with the present through a crew patch influenced by Pacific...STS078-S-002 (April 1996) --- These seven crew members will spend 16 days aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, scheduled for launch...Launched on June 20, 1996, the STS-78 mission’s primary payload was the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS), which was managed...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-78: ColumbiaSTS078-457-006 (20 June 1996) --- One of the first still pictures recorded by the crew members was this 35mm image...Launched on June 20, 1996, the STS-78 mission’s primary payload was the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS), which was managed...Launched on June 20, 1996, the STS-78 mission’s primary payload was the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS), which was managed...STS078-397-030 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- Five NASA astronauts and two international payload specialists take a break from...STS078-726-000A (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- Though the Space Shuttle program has been ongoing since 1981, few pictures...Onboard Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-78) Mission Specialist Richard M. Lirnehan works out in the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS-1) Science...STS078-742-004 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- This is a north-looking perspective of the major volcanoes of the Cascade...STS078-751-012 (20 June-7 July 1996) --- The international crew of the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS-1) mission onboard the Space...STS078-760-010 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- As photographed with color infrared film by the crew of the Space...STS078-396-015 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- Payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, representing the French Space Agency (CNES), prepares a...STS078-397-010 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- Payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, representing the French Space Agency (CNES), and astronaut...STS078-301-021 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- Payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, representing the French Space Agency (CNES), holds up...STS078-368-022 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- Astronauts Susan J. Helms, payload commander, and Terence T. (Tom) Henricks, mission...The longest Shuttle flight to date came to a successful close as the orbiter Columbia (STS-78) touched down on Runway...