Apr 26 1993
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)
Space Shuttle Columbia was launched on Monday, April 26, on a German science mission that had been delayed for over two months. This was the third attempt at launching the Columbia mission. By launching the mission only nine days after the return of Shuttle Discovery, NASA broke the record for the shortest interval between U.S. human space flights.
The flight was dedicated to German scientific research, including studies of how the human body reacts to the reduced gravity in space. The mission featured 88 experiments in materials, science, medicine, biology, astronomy, Earth observation, and robotics. (UPI, Apr 26/93; RTW, Apr 26/93; Ap, Apr 27/93; P Inq, Apr 27/93; B Sun, Apr 27/93; USA Today, Apr 27/93; W Post, Apr 27/93; NY Times, Apr 27/93; W Times, Apr 27/93)
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