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STS-94 Shuttle Mission ...
 
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STS094-S-005 (1 July 1997)--- Backdropped against the Atlantic Ocean, the Space Shuttle Columbia leaves Launch Pad 39A at 2:02 p.m. (EDT), July 1, 1997, to begin the 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) mission. Crew members are astronauts James D. Halsell, Jr., mission commander; Susan L. Still, pilot; Janice E. Voss, payload commander; and Michael A. Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas, both mission specialists; along with payload specialists Gregory T. Linteris and Roger K. Crouch. This air to ground photo was taken from the rear station of the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA). The temporarily vacant Pad 39B is also visible at lower left.
STS-83 Shuttle Mission ...
 
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STS083-S-003 (4 April 1997)--- With the Atlantic Ocean in the background, the Space Shuttle Columbia heads toward Earth-orbit from Launch Pad 39A at 2:20:32 p.m. (EST), April 4, 1997, from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Onboard the spacecraft to support the Microgravity Science Laboratory 1 (MSL-1) mission were astronauts James D. Halsell, commander; Susan L. Still, pilot; Janice E. Voss, payload commander; Michael L. Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas, both mission specialists; along with payload specialists Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. A problem with a fuel cell caused the crew to cut the mission short and return to Earth on April 8, 1997.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A scuba diver stands by as the unmanned Max Rover submersible goes down to insert a Diver Operated Plug (DOP) into an aft nozzle like the ones used on the Space Shuttle's solid rocket boosters (SRBs). NASA and contractor Deep Sea Systems demonstrated the submersible at Port Canaveral's Trident pier. Kennedy Space Center's SRB retrieval team and Advanced Systems Development laboratory staff hope that the new robotic technology will make the process of inserting the plug into spent SRBs safer and less strenuous. Currently, scuba divers manually insert the DOP into the aft nozzle of a jettisoned SRB 60 to 70 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. After the plug is installed, water is pumped out of the booster allowing it to float horizontally. It is then towed back to Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Station for refurbishment. Deep Sea Systems of Falmouth, Mass., built the submersible for NASA
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