On this day: 16 August 1983, Spacelab-1 integration with Shuttle orbiter Columbia at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Here Spacelab-1 is at the Kennedy Space Center being prepared for its flight on STS-9 in November–December 1983. ESA developed Spacelab as a crewed scientific laboratory to fly on NASA’s Space Shuttle. Ulf Merbold, who was part of the Spacelab-1 crew, became the first ESA astronaut in space (pic: NASA) http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2003/05/Spacelab-1_integration_with_Shuttle_orbiter_at_Kennedy_Space_Center_16_August_19832
On this day: 16 August 1983, Spacelab-1 integration with Shuttle orbiter Columbia at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Here Spacelab-1 is at the Kennedy Space Center being prepared for its flight on STS-9 in November–December 1983. ESA developed Spacelab as a crewed scientific laboratory to fly on NASA’s Space Shuttle. Ulf Merbold, who was part of the Spacelab-1 crew, became the first ESA astronaut in space (pic: NASA) http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2003/05/Spacelab-1_integration_with_Shuttle_orbiter_at_Kennedy_Space_Center_16_August_19832
