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Spacelab 1: A Model for International Cooperation

Forty years ago, in 1983, the Space Shuttle Columbia flew its first international spaceflight, STS-9. The mission included—for the first time—the European Space Agency’s Spacelab pressurized module and featured more than 70 experiments from American, Canadian, European, and Japanese scientists.

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29

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3

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34

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55

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2

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13

2

6

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2

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13

1

9

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3

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283

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1

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4

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1

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10

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38

2

José M. Hernández

1

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21

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1

2

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46

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1

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11

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27

54

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14

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1

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21

STS-113

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4

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10

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95

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7

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3

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4

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2

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78

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1

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4

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2

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11

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2

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26

Kjell N. Lindgren

4

Swift Boost Mission

4

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2

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

88

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9

2

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40

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17

26

Exploration Park

2

Quesst: The Mission

3

GOES-R

3

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1

Aura

2

6

IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)

18

STS-61

1

Lucy

10

Marshall Heliophysics & Planetary Science

8

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3

Neutral Buoyancy Lab

3

Edward G. Gibson

1

TREAT Astronauts Act

1

1

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6

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22

Enceladus

4

University Leadership Initiative

7

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8

4

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28

Science Activation

69

3I/ATLAS

1

Artemis 4

30

Sea Surface Topography

1

ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2)

5

Stellar-mass Black Holes

5

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45

1

Climate Modeling

5

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

39

E-Books

5

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1

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3

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29

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2

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1

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1

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1

6

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14

1

Student Opportunities

1

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1

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3

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114

JPSS-4

1

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1

4

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4

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1

Vesta

2

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95

Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program

52

29

13

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114

SkyFall

2

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4

STS-125

1

7

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4

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49

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30

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5

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4

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1

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5

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18

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1

141

APOD

50

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