Apr 17 1998
From The Space Library
After problems with one of two network-signal processors caused a 24-hour delay, Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-90) blasted off on the Shuttle program's final Neurolab mission, carrying 26 experiments for basic research in neurosciences to "expand understanding of how the nervous system develops and functions in space." Test subjects aboard the Shuttle included crew members, rats, mice, crickets, snails, and two kinds of fish. The Neurolab mission was the joint effort of NASA, several U.S. partners, the space agencies of Canada, France, and Germany, the ESA, and the [[National Space Development Agency of Japan]]. Crew members included Commander Richard A. Searfoss; Pilot Scott D. Altman; Mission Specialists Richard M. Linnehan, Dafydd Rhys “Dave” Williams, and Kathryn P. Hire; and Payload Specialists [[Jay C. Buckey] Jr. and James A. Pawelczyk. Mission Specialist Hire was the first KSC emloyee that NASA had selected as an astronaut candidate. Mission STS-90 was Columbia's 25th flight.
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