The Columbia lifts off once again from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin a busy nine days in space for six crewmembers. Official launch time was 11:00:00:84 a.m. (EST). Onboard the spacecraft are Astronauts John W. Young, Brewster Shaw, Jr., Dr. Owen K. Garriott, Dr. Robert A. R. Parker; the European Space Agency?s Dr. Ulf Merbold; and Dr. Byron K. Lichtenberg, biomedical engineer with Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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The Columbia lifts off once again from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin a busy nine days in space for six crewmembers. Official launch time was 11:00:00:84 a.m. (EST). Onboard the spacecraft are Astronauts John W. Young, Brewster Shaw, Jr., Dr. Owen K. Garriott, Dr. Robert A. R. Parker; the European Space Agency?s Dr. Ulf Merbold; and Dr. Byron K. Lichtenberg, biomedical engineer with Massachusetts Institute of Technology.