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<\/a><\/figure>The space shuttle Columbia<\/a> launches from Pad 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 8, 1994. This was the second flight of International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2), carrying more than twice the number of experiments and facilities as IML-1<\/a>. The crew split into two teams to perform around-the-clock research. More than 80 experiments, representing more than 200 scientists from six space agencies, were in the Spacelab module. Fifty of these experiments delved into life sciences, including bioprocessing, space biology, human physiology, and radiation biology.<\/p>\n STS-65<\/a>\u2019s crew included NASA astronauts Robert D. Cabana<\/a>, James D. Halsell Jr.<\/a>, Richard J. Hieb<\/a>, Carl E. Walz<\/a>, Leroy Chiao<\/a>, and Donald A. Thomas<\/a>, as well as National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan\u00a0astronaut Chiaki Naito-Mukai<\/a>. On this flight, Naito-Mukai became the first Japanese woman in space.<\/p>\n Image Credit: NASA<\/em><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a> The space shuttle Columbia launches from Pad 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 8, 1994. This was the second flight of International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2), carrying more than twice the number of experiments and facilities as IML-1. The crew split into two teams to perform around-the-clock research. More than 80 experiments, [\u2026] Continue reading
\nMonika Luabeya <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"