STS-65 Mission Patch
63rd Space Shuttle Mission
17th Flight of Columbia
Crew:
- Robert D. Cabana, Commander
- James D. Halsell, Jr., Pilot
- Richard J. Hieb, Payload Commander
- Donald A. Thomas, Science Mission Specialist
- Carl E. Walz, Mission Specialist
- Leroy Chiao, Mission Specialist
- Chiaki Naito-Mukai, Payload Specialist
Astronaut Chiaki Naito-Mukai became the first Japanese woman to fly in space. This was the second flight of the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2). Nearly 80 experiments representing over 200 scientists from six space agencies were located in the pressurized Spacelab module in the payload bay.
63rd Space Shuttle Mission
17th Flight of Columbia
Crew:
- Robert D. Cabana, Commander
- James D. Halsell, Jr., Pilot
- Richard J. Hieb, Payload Commander
- Donald A. Thomas, Science Mission Specialist
- Carl E. Walz, Mission Specialist
- Leroy Chiao, Mission Specialist
- Chiaki Naito-Mukai, Payload Specialist
Astronaut Chiaki Naito-Mukai became the first Japanese woman to fly in space. This was the second flight of the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2). Nearly 80 experiments representing over 200 scientists from six space agencies were located in the pressurized Spacelab module in the payload bay.
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63rd Space Shuttle Mission
17th Flight of Columbia
Crew:
- Robert D. Cabana, Commander
- James D. Halsell, Jr., Pilot
- Richard J. Hieb, Payload Commander
- Donald A. Thomas, Science Mission Specialist
- Carl E. Walz, Mission Specialist
- Leroy Chiao, Mission Specialist
- Chiaki Naito-Mukai, Payload Specialist
Astronaut Chiaki Naito-Mukai became the first Japanese woman to fly in space. This was the second flight of the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2). Nearly 80 experiments representing over 200 scientists from six space agencies were located in the pressurized Spacelab module in the payload bay.
