KSC-97EC-0243 - MSL-1 Payload Processing (Payload Transport Canister) 


The Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) Spacelab module is moved
to be installed into a payload canister in the Operations and Checkout
Building.  Once in the canister, the MSL-1 will be transported to
Orbiter Processing Bay 1 where it will be integrated into the payload
bay of the Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia.  During the scheduled
16-day STS-83 mission, the MSL-1 will be used to test some of the
hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the
International Space Station while the flight crew conducts combustion,
protein crystal growth and materials processing experiments.

 
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