KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Columbia launches on mission STS-40. Carrying Spacelab Life Sciences-1, it is the first dedicated solely to life sciences, using the habitable module. The crew of seven comprises Commander Bryan D. O'Connor, Pilot Sidney M. Gutierrez, Mission Specialists James P. Bagian, Tamara E. Jernigan and M. Rhea Seddon, and Payload Specialists F. Drew Gaffney and Millie Hughes-Fulford.

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