Launch of Mission STS-73. View from beneath Space Shuttle Columbia as it climbs during the launch of Mission STS-73 on October 20, 1995. The crew of s

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Launch of Mission STS-73. View from beneath Space Shuttle Columbia as it climbs during the launch of Mission STS-73 on October 20, 1995. The crew of seven consisted of Bowersox, commander; Rominger, pilot; Thornton, payload commander; Lopez-Alegria and Coleman, mission specialists; Leslie and A. Sacco Jr., payload specialists. The crew worked on United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) experiments in the shuttle's cargo bay. Fields of study included fluid physics, materials science, biotechnology, combustion science & commercial space processing techniques. Columbia returned safely on 5 November 1995.

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