Payload Crew Members' View of Spacelab Operations
OWEN K. GARRIOTT 1,
ROBERT A. R. PARKER 1,
BYRON K. LICHTENBERG 2, and
ULF MERBOLD 3
1 Astronaut Office, NASA-Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058
2 Man/Vehicle Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
3 ESA/SPICE, DFVLR, Linder Hohe, D5000 Koln 90, Federal Republic of Germany
Various operational aspects of the Spacelab 1 mission are reviewed by the four payload crew members. Two-shift operations, voice communication with ground investigators, joint participation in experiment activity, Spacelab performance, and recent advances are discussed.
Submitted on March 27, 1984
Accepted on June 1, 1984