Significant achievements across all scientific disciplines and missions for the first six years of Shuttle flights are presented. Topics covered include science on the Space Shuttle and Spacelab, living and working in space, studying materials and processes in microgravity, observing the sun and earth, space plasma physics, atmospheric science, astronony and astrophysics, and testing new technology in space. Future research aboard the Shuttle/Spacelab is also briefly mentioned.
Science in Orbit: The Shuttle and Spacelab Experience, 1981-1986
1988
131 pages
Report
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English
Astronautics , Space shuttle missions , Space shuttle payloads , Space technology experiments , Spaceborne experiments , Spacelab , Spacelab payloads , Astronomy , Astrophysics , Bioastronautics , Earth atmosphere , Earth observations (From space) , Exobiology , Gravitational physiology , Reduced gravity , Solar observatories , Solar physics , Space plasmas , Space processing