STS-9

S83-32900 (25 May 1983) --- This is the official insignia for STS-9, the major payload of which is Spacelab-1, depicted...

S83-35017 (June 1983) --- These six men represent the first crewmembers to man the Columbia when it gets reactivated later...

S83-44997 (28 Nov 1983) --- The Columbia lifts off once again from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center...

STS009-126-441 (28 Nov 1983) --- The six crewmembers of STS-9 position themselves in a star bust-like cluster in the aft...

STS009-40-2575 (28 Nov-8 Dec 1983) --- This view of the Fuji volcano, Japan was taken on the 54th orbit of...

STS009-48-3139 (6 Dec 1983) --- A vertical view of the Manicouagan Impact Crater, some 300 miles (480 kilometers) north-northwest of...

STS009-35-1622 (28 Nov-8 Dec 1983) --- In the Coral Sea to the last of Australia?s Great Barrier Reed, a massive...

STS009-04-116 (28 Nov 1983) --- Payload Specialist Ulf Merbold shown working in the Spacelab 1 module onboard the Space Shuttle...

STS009-003-075 (28 November - 8 December 1983) --- Astronaut John W. Young (left), STS-9 crew commander; and Ulf Merbold, payload...

In this photograph, astronauts Owen Garriott on the body restriant system and Byron Lichtenberg prepare for a Vestibular Experiment during...

STS009-15-755 (28 Nov-8 Dec 1983) --- The lone television monitor in the Spacelab module is a popular item in this...

STS009-32-1112 (28 Nov-8 Dec 1983) --- A handheld Hasselblad camera was aimed through the aft windows on the flight deck...

Mission Control Center (MCC) activities during Day-1 of the STS-9 mission with Flight Director Jay H. Greene and Lt. Gen....