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STS-90 Final Spacelab mission
04/17/1998
05/03/1998
90th Space Shuttle Mission
25th Flight of Columbia
Crew:
- Richard A. Searfoss, Commander
- Scott D. Altman, Pilot
- Richard M. Linnehan, Payload Commander and Mission Specialist
- Dafydd Rhys Williams, Mission Specialist, Canadian Space Agency
- Kathryn P. Hire, Mission Specialist
- Jay C. Buckey, Payload Specialist
- James A. Pawelczyk, Payload Specialist
This marked the final flight of the Spacelab pressurized laboratory module housed in the Space Shuttle payload bay. For this mission, the Spacelab module was configured as "Neurolab", named in honor of dedicated research on the nervous system.
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STS-90 Final Spacelab mission
04/17/1998
05/03/1998
90th Space Shuttle Mission
25th Flight of Columbia
Crew:
- Richard A. Searfoss, Commander
- Scott D. Altman, Pilot
- Richard M. Linnehan, Payload Commander and Mission Specialist
- Dafydd Rhys Williams, Mission Specialist, Canadian Space Agency
- Kathryn P. Hire, Mission Specialist
- Jay C. Buckey, Payload Specialist
- James A. Pawelczyk, Payload Specialist
This marked the final flight of the Spacelab pressurized laboratory module housed in the Space Shuttle payload bay. For this mission, the Spacelab module was configured as "Neurolab", named in honor of dedicated research on the nervous system.













