Spacelab missions

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series of space missions spaceflight program

Spacelab missions were a series of reusable laboratory flights carried in the Space Shuttle’s payload bay that enabled astronauts to conduct extensive microgravity and scientific research in Earth orbit.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
International Microgravity Laboratory-1	1
Spacelab Life Sciences 1	1
Spacelab Life Sciences 2	1
Spacelab laboratory module	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	series of space missions ⓘ spaceflight program ⓘ
carriedIn	Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ surface form: Space Shuttle payload bay
conductedIn	low Earth orbit ⓘ
countryInvolved	European Space Agency ⓘ surface form: European Space Agency member states Germany ⓘ Japan ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crewActivity	in‑orbit experiment operation ⓘ real‑time experiment control ⓘ
developedBy	European Space Agency ⓘ
developedInCooperationWith	NASA ⓘ
enabled	in‑orbit laboratory experiments ⓘ long‑duration microgravity investigations ⓘ
feature	pressurized laboratory module ⓘ unpressurized experiment pallets ⓘ
firstFlight	STS-9 ⓘ
firstFlightYear	1983 ⓘ
lastFlight	STS-90 ⓘ
lastFlightYear	1998 ⓘ
legacy	precursor to International Space Station laboratory operations ⓘ
notableMission	Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 1 ⓘ Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 2 ⓘ Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 3 ⓘ D-1 ⓘ D-2 ⓘ International Microgravity Laboratory 1 ⓘ International Microgravity Laboratory 2 ⓘ Spacelab 1 ⓘ Spacelab 2 ⓘ Spacelab missions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Spacelab Life Sciences 1 Spacelab missions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Spacelab Life Sciences 2 Spacelab-J ⓘ
operatedBy	ESA member state space agencies ⓘ NASA ⓘ
partOf	NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ surface form: Space Shuttle program
primaryPurpose	microgravity research ⓘ scientific research in Earth orbit ⓘ
reusability	reusable laboratory hardware ⓘ
supportedDiscipline	Earth observation ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ atmospheric science ⓘ fluid physics ⓘ life sciences ⓘ materials science ⓘ solar physics ⓘ
timePeriod	1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ
usedHardware	Spacelab instrument pointing system ⓘ Spacelab missions self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Spacelab laboratory module Spacelab pallets ⓘ
usedVehicle	Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spacelab missions → notableMission → Spacelab missions self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spacelab Life Sciences 1

Spacelab missions → notableMission → Spacelab missions self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spacelab Life Sciences 2

STS-42 → payload → Spacelab missions ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Microgravity Laboratory-1

NASA Space Shuttle program → usedFor → Spacelab missions ⓘ

Spacelab missions → usedHardware → Spacelab missions self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spacelab laboratory module