STS-50

STS-50 (U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1) was a United States Space Shuttle mission, the 12th mission of the Columbia orbiter.

Table of contents

1 Crew 2 Mission objective 3 Mission insignia 4 External links

Crew

The U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1 was a spacelab mission, with experiments in material science, fluid physics and biotechnology. It was the first flight of a Space Shuttle with the EDO (Extended Duration Orbiter) hardware, allowing longer flight durations.

Mission insignia

The mission insignia shows the space shuttle in the typical flying position for microgravity. The USML banner extends from the payload bay, in which the spacelab module with the text μg - the symbol for microgravity. Both the stars and stripes on the USML letters as well as the highlighted United States on the earth below the shuttle depict the fact that it was an all-american science mission.

External links

• NASA PAO page about STS-50