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SPACELAB
June 1977 Fact Sheet
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NOTE TO EDITORS: This fact sheet describes Spacelab,
one of the first major orbiting payloads planned for
NASA's Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s. A co-
operative venture by NASA and the European Space Agency,
its onboard systems and equipment and planned contri-
butions to space science are summarized. It is suggested
that this material be retained in your files for future
reference.
David Garrett
Headquarters, Washington, D.C,
(Phone: 202/755-3090)
Kenn Morris
Headquarters, Washington, D.C,
(Phone: 202/755-3897)
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access to space.
data from the experiments. When only pallets are used, the
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SOME POSSIBLE SPACELAB ASSEMBLIES.
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GROUND
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EXPERIMENT
INTEGRATION AND CHECKOUT EXPERIMENT DATA
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EXPERIMENTE
SPACEFLIGHT TAPE, FILM, SAMPLES ETC
TRAINING
EXPERIMENTS
USER COMMUNITY
EXPERIMENTS
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