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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION
STS-83
PRESS KIT APRIL 1997
MICROGRAVITY SCIENCE LABORATORY-1 (MSL-1)
 
 
STS-83 INSIGNIA
STS083-S-001 – The insignia for NASA's STS-83 mission depicts the space shuttle Columbia launching into space for the first Microgravity Sciences Laboratory (MSL) mission. MSL will investigate materials science, fluid dynamics, biotechnology, and combustion science in the microgravity environment of space, experiments that will be conducted in the Spacelab module in Columbia's cargo bay during the planned 16-day mission. The center circle symbolizes a free liquid under microgravity conditions representing various fluid and materials science experiments. Symbolic of the combustion experiments is the surrounding starburst of a blue flame burning in space. The 3-lobed shape of the outermost starburst ring traces the dot pattern of a transmission Laue photograph typical of biotechnology experiments. The numerical designation for the mission is shown at bottom center. As a forerunner to missions involving International Space Station, STS-83 represents the hope that scientific results and knowledge gained during the flight will be applied to solving problems on Earth for the benefit and advancement of humankind. The NASA insignia design for space shuttle flights is reserved for use by the astronauts and for other official use as the  NASA Administrator may authorize. Public availability has been approved only in the form of illustrations by the various news media. When and if there is any change in this policy, which we do not anticipate, it will be publicly announced.  PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
NEWS MEDIA CONTACTS
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GENERAL PRESS RELEASE
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MEDIA SERVICES INFORMATION
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STS-83 QUICK LOOK
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CREW RESPONSIBILITIES
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DEVELOPMENT TEST OBJECTIVES
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DETAILED SUPPLEMENTARY OBJECTIVES
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RISK MITIGATION EXPERIMENTS
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PAYLOAD AND VEHICLE WEIGHTS
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MISSION SUMMARY TIMELINE
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SHUTTLE ABORT MODES
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MICROGRAVITY SCIENCES LABORATORY-1 (MSL-1) Overview 10
MSL-1 Science 15 Experiment Facilities 15 Conducting Science in Microgravity 16 Protein Crystallography 16 Combustion Science 16 Materials Science 17 Mission Operations 17
Combustion Module-1
Laminar Soot Processes 18 Structure of Flame Balls at Low Lewis-number 18
Droplet Combustion Apparatus
Droplet Combustion Experiment 19 Fiber-Supported Droplet Combustion 19
Protein Crystal Growth
Protein Crystallization Apparatus for Microgravity 19 Second-Generation Vapor Diffusion Apparatus 20 Handheld Diffusion Test Cells 20
EXPRESS Rack
Physics of Hard Spheres Experiment 20 Astro/Plant Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 21
Large Isothermal Furnace
Measurement of Diffusion Coefficient by Shear Cell Method 21 Diffusion of Liquid Metals 22 Diffusion in Liquid Lead-Tin-Telluride 22 Impurity Diffusion in Ionic Metals 22 Liquid Phase Sintering II 22 Diffusion Processes in Molten Semiconductors 22
Measuring Microgravity
Space Acceleration Measurement System 23 Quasi-Steady Acceleration Measurement 23 Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment 24 Microgravity Measurement Assembly 24

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