STS-73 Mission Highlights Resource Tape

The flight crew of the STS-73 Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia Cmdr. Kenneth D. Bowersox, Pilot Kent V. Rominger, Payload Commander Kathryn C. Thornton, Mission Specialists Catherine G. Coleman Ph.D, and Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, and Payload Specialists Fred W. Leslie Ph.D, Albert Sacco Jr Ph.D, David H. Matthiesen Ph.D, and R. Glynn Holt Ph.D present an overview of their mission. This, the second United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML) Spacelab mission, is the centerpiece of the STS-73 Space Shuttle mission. Some of the experiments being carried on the USML-2 payload cover a variety of scientific disciplines including fluid physics, materials science, biotechnology and combustion science. Video footage includes the following: prelaunch and launch activities; various Spacelab experiments; and reentry and the landing of the Columbia at KSC.