STS057-234-012 - STS-057 - Crewmember and the SPACEHAB Liquid-Encapsulated Melt Zone experiment.

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STS057-234-012 - STS-057 - Crewmember and the SPACEHAB Liquid-Encapsulated Melt Zone experiment.

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Description: Mission Specialist Susan Voss examining the SPACEHAB Liquid-Encapsulated Melt Zone experiment hardware of the Fluids Experiment Apparatus (FEA) and exterior electrical connections. Views show Voss and only the front panel of the experiment exterior.

Subject Terms: STS-57, ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER), SPACEHAB, SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS, ASTRONAUTS CRYSTALS, PHYSICS, REDUCED GRAVITY, SEMICONDUCTORS, DIODES

Date Taken: 1/7/1993

Categories: Crew Activities

Interior_Exterior: Interior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-57

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1993

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The U.S. National Archives

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