MSL-1 Payload Processing (Payload Transport Canister)

[KSC-97PC-0243]

  • Photo Number: KSC-97PC-0243

  • Release Date: 30-Jan-1997

  • Keywords: SHUTTLE,sts-94
    • Description: The Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) Spacelab module is moved to be installed into a payload canister in the Operations and Checkout Building. Once in the canister, the MSL-1 will be transported to Orbiter Processing Bay 1 where it will be integrated into the payload bay of the Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia. During the scheduled 16-day STS-83 mission, the MSL-1 will be used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the International Space Station while the flight crew conducts combustion, protein crystal growth and materials processing experiments.

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    Captions: Sherikon Space Systems (Paula Shawa, Susan Walsh and Chuck Weirauch)
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    Last Updated: Wednesday August 29 10:24:43 EDT 2001 (M. Downs )

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