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STS063-68-019

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Photographic documentation of Mission Specialist Vladimir Titov working with the Commercial Protein Crystal Growth - Vapor Diffusion Apparatus (CPCG-VDA) on the Space Shuttle Discovery's SPACEHAB during STS-63. The CPCG-VDA was used to help produce large, high-quality crystals of various proteins under controlled conditions in microgravity.