First Spacelab Mission

The spacelab experience: a synopsis.

The Spacelab 1 mission, a joint venture of the European Space Agency and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration took place during the period 28 November through 8 December 1983. An overview of the first flight of the orbiting laboratory is presented here. The payload crew members' view of Spacelab operations and results of the scientific investigations carried out on this mission are...

Animal Studies on Spacelab - 3

The flight of two squirrel monkeys and 24 rats on Spacelab-3 wall the first mission to provide "hands-on" maintenance of animals in a laboratory environment. With few exceptions, the animals grew and behaved normally, were free of chronic str-ass, and d:tffered from ground controls only for gravity-dependent parameters. One of the monkeys exilibited symptoms of space sickness similar to those o...

Repositioning mission for the twenty-first century.

The first viking mission to Mars.

Operation airway: the first sustainable, multidisciplinary, pediatric airway surgical mission.

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to describe the development and implementation of the first sustainable, multidisciplinary, pediatric airway surgical mission in an underserved country. METHODS This prospective, qualitative study was conducted for the first 4 Operation Airway missions in Quito, Ecuador. The major goals of the missions were to assist children with aerodigestive abnormalities, create...