STS-73
STS-73 was a Space Shuttle Columbia Spacelab mission carrying the second United States Microgravity Laboratory. After several scrubbed launch attempts, Columbia lifted off from Launch Complex 39B on October 20, 1995. The seven-person crew operated the pressurized Spacelab module for research in materials science, biotechnology, combustion science, fluid physics, and other microgravity investigations. The mission landed at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility on November 5 after nearly sixteen days in orbit.
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- Aliases
- Columbia STS-73USML-2United States Microgravity Laboratory-2STS 73
- Name
- STS-73
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- STS-73 was a Space Shuttle Columbia Spacelab mission carrying the second United States Microgravity Laboratory. After several scrubbed launch attempts, Columbia lifted off from Launch Complex 39B on October 20, 1995. The seven-person crew operated the pressurized Spacelab module for research in materials science, biotechnology, combustion science, fluid physics, and other microgravity investigations. The mission landed at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility on November 5 after nearly sixteen days in orbit.
- End Date
- 1995-11-05
- Landing Facility
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successfully completed the second United States Microgravity Laboratory mission, producing new fluid-physics and combustion results, growing potatoes in orbit, and processing approximately 1,500 protein-crystal samples alongside other materials and biotechnology investigations.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 1995-10-20
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Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-73/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-73
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- Creation Time
- July 3, 2026 at 20:09:05 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:26 UTC
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