Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-73

STS-73 was a Space Shuttle program mission, during October–November 1995, on board the space shuttle Columbia. The mission was the second mission for the United States Microgravity Laboratory. The crew, who spent 16 days in space, were broken up into 2 teams, the red team and the blue team. The mission also included several Detailed Test Objectives or DTO's.

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.

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  The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
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• Ken Bowersox
  Commander
• Kent Rominger
  Pilot
• Albert Sacco
  Payload Specialist
• Frederick W. Leslie
  Payload Specialist
• Catherine Coleman
  Mission Specialist
• Kathryn C. Thornton
  Mission Specialist
• Michael López-Alegría
  Mission Specialist

• Space Shuttle Columbia

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  Low Earth Orbit

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