Nov 6 1980
From The Space Library
ESA announced plans to mark a milestone in space cooperation on or about November 28 when prime Spacelab contractor VFW-ERNO delivered the engineering model to NASA. After 6.5 years of development and manufacture, the model would be ready for shipment to KSC for verifying flight-unit interface with ground equipment and for training.
Delivery of the prototype, not meant for flight, would be the first Spacelab hardware transfer under a 1973 memorandum of understanding, followed in 1981 by delivery of the first flight unit, which would carry experiments being developed in Europe and the United States. NASA., which had ordered a second flight unit for delivery in 1982-1983, had scheduled Spacelab launches for June and November 1983. (ESA Info 25; NASA Release 80-180; MSFC Release 80-152)
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