Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Mission Insignia Mission Statistics Mission: STS-9 Shuttle: Columbia Launch Pad: 39A Launch: November 28, 1983 16:00:00 UTC Landing: December 12, 1983 23:47:23 UTC Edwards AFB, California, Runway 17 Duration: 10 days, 7 hours, 47 minutes, 24 seconds Orbit Altitude: 155 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 57.0 degrees Orbits: 167 Miles Traveled: 4,295,853 miles STS-9 (Spacelab 1) was a United States Space Shuttle mission, the 6th mission of the Columbia orbiter. Table of contents 1 Crew 2 Mission objective 3 Mission insignia 4 External links Crew Commander: John W. Young Pilot: Brewster H. Shaw Mission Specialist 1: Owen K. Garriott Mission Specialist 2: Robert A. Parker Payload Specialist 1: Ulf Merbold Payload Specialist 2: Byron K. Lichtenberg Alternate Payload Specialist: Wubbo Ockels (not flown) Alternate Payload Specialist: Michael Lampton (not flown) Mission objective The payload for this mission was the first flight of the Spacelab module. It contained 73 separate investigations carried out in astronomy and physics, atmospheric physics, Earth observations, life sciences, materials sciences, space plasma physics and technology. It was the first space shuttle flight with 6 astronauts, and it also was the first flight of an international astronaut on an American spaceflight. Ulf Merbold was the first West German astronaut. Mission insignia The major Spacelab 1 is depicted in the cargo bay of the Columbia. The nine stars and the path of the orbiter tell the flight's numerical designation in the Space Transportation System's mission sequence. External links NASA PAO page about STS-9 Previous Mission: STS-8 Space Shuttle program Next Mission: STS-41-B This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.