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The European Space Agency's (ESA) Spacelab module is seen in the payload bay of space shuttle Columbia during the lab's first spaceflight on the STS-9 mission in 1983. (NASA/RetroSpaceImages.com) It ...

A legacy of European-built and operated space modules, which began in Earth orbit and is now heading for the moon, got its start 40 years ago this week. From the first launch of Spacelab, a ...

Three Europeans and five NASA astronauts, the world`s largest space crew, rocketed into orbit aboard the shuttle Challenger Wednesday on a Spacelab research flight chartered by West Germany. The space ...

NASA will cut 11 Spacelab missions over the next four years, Associate Administrator Burton Edelson said Friday. Aviation Week & Space Technology had reported Monday that more than 11 missions would ...

CAPE CANAVERAL — Faced with a strict 8:30 p.m. curfew, the crew of the space shuttle Columbia scrambled to prepare equipment, draw blood and collect urine samples before bedtime on Wednesday after ...

As people move toward fully realizing the research opportunities afforded by the International Space Station and look ahead to the next generation of hardware development and research to be conducted, ...

Analysis of data from a 1985 shuttle Spacelab mission revealed a mysterious X-ray “glow” around the core of the Milky Way galaxy and “revolutionized” knowledge about the sun’s atomic furnace, ...

NASA and space enthusiasts who fondly remember the era of Spacelab are getting ready to welcome back an old friend. Once complete, it will be displayed at the Space & Rocket Center for at least the ...

It doesn't seem out of place today, but the sight 30 years ago of a cylindrical module mounted inside the space shuttle's cargo bay was described as an "odd-appearing assemblage" in 1983. The unusual ...