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STS073-351-009 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Astronaut Kent V. Rominger, pilot, retrieves a protein sample on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Rominger, along with four other NASA astronauts and two guest researchers, spent 16 full days in space in support of the United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) mission. |
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STS073-351-024 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, mission commander, retrieves a crow bar from a tool set onboard the science module in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Various tools were available for a variety of inflight maintenance tasks for the crew to carry out during the 16-day United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) mission. |
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STS073-351-035 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Three crew members are captured on camera at the end of their sleep shift on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Pictured are (left to right) astronaut Catherine G. Coleman, mission specialist; payload specialist Fred W. Leslie and astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, mission specialist. The trio joined four other crew members for 16 days of in-space research in support of the United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) mission. |
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STS073-352-008 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- On the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia, astronaut Kent V. Rominger, pilot, retrieves gear necessary for sampling of the air. In addition to his pilot duties and the performance of tasks in support of the U.S. Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) mission, Rominger and other crew members pitched in with housekeeping chores as part of their 16-days of Earth-orbit activity. |
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STS073-353-010 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Payload specialist Albert Sacco Jr. checks out the Zeolite Crystal Growth (ZCG) on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. ZCG evaluated Zeolite crystallization and growth in the microgravity environment aboard Columbia in order to achieve high yields of large, nearly perfect crystals in space. Zeolites are complex arrangements of silica and alumina that occur naturally as well as synthetically. |
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STS073-353-018 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Payload specialist Albert Sacco Jr. inspects a crystal in a cylindrical autoclave on the mid-deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. This Zeolite Crystal Growth (ZCG) experiment was one of a few U.S. Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) experiments that were conducted in both the Shuttle proper and its primary cargo's science module in the payload bay. Most of the experiments were conducted solely in the science module. Sacco was one of two guest researchers who joined five NASA astronauts for 16 days of Earth-orbit research in support of USML-2. |
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STS073-355-003 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Doing her version of "Look, Ma, no hands" is astronaut Catherine G. Coleman. The STS-73 mission specialist works out on the bicycle ergometer on the flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Coleman was one of five NASA astronauts who were joined by two guest researchers for 16 days of in-space research in support of the United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) mission. |
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STS073-356-018 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Astronaut Kent V. Rominger, pilot, demonstrates an age-old trash-compacting method on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Following a meal, Rominger had collected the residue wrappers, etc. and filled a plastic bag. Following his compacting maneuvers, Rominger went on to deposit the sack into a temporary trash-stowage area beneath the mid deck. Making his first flight into space, Rominger joined four other NASA astronauts and two guest researchers for more than two weeks' research in support of the United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) mission. |
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STS073-356-024 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Payload specialist Albert Sacco Jr. joins astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton, payload commander, for mealtime on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Thornton is about to open a packet of strawberries, while a can of vanilla pudding floats before her. Sacco is about to grab a spoonful of rice pilaf while holding a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on a tortilla. The two were joined by five other crew members in support of 16-days' in-space research in support of the United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) mission. |
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STS073-356-029 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Astronaut Catherine G. Coleman, mission specialist, checks out an Astroculture sample on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Coleman was joined by four other NASA astronauts and two guests researchers for 16 full days of in-space research in support of the United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) mission. |
