L-R: Owen Garriott, Byron Lichtenberg, Brewster Shaw, John Young, Ulf Merbold, Robert Parker
Mission patch
The sixth mission of Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-9), launched November 28, 1983, carried the first Spacelab module into orbit. She carried six astronauts for the first time. Her crew consisted of Commander John Young, Pilot Brewster Shaw, Missional Specialist Owen Garriott (Okie!), Mission Specialist Robert Parker, Payload Specialist Ulf Merbold, and Payload Specialist Byron Lichtenberg. Merbold was the first non-U.S. citizen, the first West German citizen (remember this was before the Berlin Wall came down), and the first ESA astronaut in space.
Garriott made the first ham radio transmissions from space during the flight. The crew carried out numerous experiments on the effects of low gravity on the human body. See the highlight video below.
Columbia landed December 8, ten days after launch. The crew was looking forward to taking showers since they had not been able to for over a week. What did Columbia smell like on the inside after they landed?
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