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Notable Events

1996

  • UAH Starfire rocket carries SSL aerogel experiment, April.
  • Five Space Shuttle missions carry more than 10,000 specimens for several protein crystal growth experiments.
  • U.S. Microgravity Payload (USMP-3), STS-75, Feb. 22-March 9.
  • Tethered Satellite System reflight (TSS-1R), STS-75, Feb. 22-March 9.
  • Polar satellite launched with TIDE and UVI, Feb. 24.
  • IMAGE selected for flight.

    • 1997

  • Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) mission, April.
  • Scintillating Optical Fiber Calorimeter (SOFCAL), March.
  • Marshall Imaging X-ray Experiment, March.
  • U.S. Microgravity Payload (USMP-4) mission, August.
  • Lightning Imaging Sensor, Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission, August.
  • Fourth biennial Huntsville Gamma-ray Burst Symposium, Oct. 15-19.

    • [Introduction][ Physics and Astronomy][Earth System Science]

    [Microgravity Science and Applications][ Science Systems]

    [SSL Management][Notable Events][Communicating Scientific Knowledge]

    Authors: Dr. John Horack, Dave Dooling
    Curator: Linda Porter
    NASA Official: Dr. Gregory S. Wilson, Director

    Last updated March 5, 1997