STS-45 payload specialists
STS-45/Atlantis carried the first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1) on Spacelab pallets mounted in the orbiter's cargo bay. The non-deployable payload, equipped with 12 instruments from the U.S., France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Japan, conducted studies in atmospheric chemistry, solar radiation, space plasma physics and ultraviolet astronomy.
Shown here are the prime and backup payload specialists:
Dirk D. D. D. Frimout flew as the (Belgian) prime payload specialist. During the nine-day flight, ATLAS-1 obtained a vast array of detailed measurements of atmospheric chemical and physical properties, which contributed significantly to improving our understanding of our climate and atmosphere.
In addition, this was the first time an artificial beam of electrons was used to stimulate a man-made auroral discharge. At mission conclusion, Frimout had traveled 3.2 million miles in 143 Earth orbits and logged over 214 hours in space.
Frimout was the backup payload specialist for the Spacelab EOM-1/2 flight, Mission 61K in 1986. The Challenger accident that January delayed that flight, evolving to ATLAS-1.
He was still originally an alternate for ATLAS-1; By the 1992 launch, however, Michael L. Lampton had a medical condition which disqualified him from flying, and Frimout took his seat.
Michael L. Lampton was the original prime payload specialist. He was the alternate for the first Spacelab mission (STS-9/Columbia) in 1983 and was named as prime for the Spacelab EOM-1/2 flight, a combined Spacelab EOM-1 (scheduled for launch in late 1985, and postponed; Lampton was also prime for that flight) and Spacelab EOM-2 mission.
Byron K. Lichtenberg was the prime payload specialist for STS-9, the first U.S. payload specialist. Altogether, he has flown 310 orbits, and has logged 468 hours in space.
Charles R. "Rick" Chappell was also training for Spacelab EOM-1.
I had gotten the OK to interview Chappell at a National Science Teachers Association conference down in Alabama, but didn't have the means to do so.
STS-45 payload specialists
STS-45/Atlantis carried the first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1) on Spacelab pallets mounted in the orbiter's cargo bay. The non-deployable payload, equipped with 12 instruments from the U.S., France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Japan, conducted studies in atmospheric chemistry, solar radiation, space plasma physics and ultraviolet astronomy.
Shown here are the prime and backup payload specialists:
Dirk D. D. D. Frimout flew as the (Belgian) prime payload specialist. During the nine-day flight, ATLAS-1 obtained a vast array of detailed measurements of atmospheric chemical and physical properties, which contributed significantly to improving our understanding of our climate and atmosphere.
In addition, this was the first time an artificial beam of electrons was used to stimulate a man-made auroral discharge. At mission conclusion, Frimout had traveled 3.2 million miles in 143 Earth orbits and logged over 214 hours in space.
Frimout was the backup payload specialist for the Spacelab EOM-1/2 flight, Mission 61K in 1986. The Challenger accident that January delayed that flight, evolving to ATLAS-1.
He was still originally an alternate for ATLAS-1; By the 1992 launch, however, Michael L. Lampton had a medical condition which disqualified him from flying, and Frimout took his seat.
Michael L. Lampton was the original prime payload specialist. He was the alternate for the first Spacelab mission (STS-9/Columbia) in 1983 and was named as prime for the Spacelab EOM-1/2 flight, a combined Spacelab EOM-1 (scheduled for launch in late 1985, and postponed; Lampton was also prime for that flight) and Spacelab EOM-2 mission.
Byron K. Lichtenberg was the prime payload specialist for STS-9, the first U.S. payload specialist. Altogether, he has flown 310 orbits, and has logged 468 hours in space.
Charles R. "Rick" Chappell was also training for Spacelab EOM-1.
I had gotten the OK to interview Chappell at a National Science Teachers Association conference down in Alabama, but didn't have the means to do so.