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NASA image: Portrait view of Ulf Merbold during training session
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Sep 28, 1983

Portrait view of Ulf Merbold during training session

S83-41190 (9 September 1983) --- A close-up view of the serious countenance of West German Physicist Ulf Merbold was...

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NASA image: Astronauts Young and Merbold have meal in the middeck of Columbia
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Nov 28, 1983

Astronauts Young and Merbold have meal in the middeck of Columbia

STS009-003-075 (28 November - 8 December 1983) --- Astronaut John W. Young (left), STS-9 crew commander; and Ulf...

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NASA image: Payload specialist Merbold performing experiment in Spacelab
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Nov 28, 1983

Payload specialist Merbold performing experiment in Spacelab

STS009-13-699 (28 Nov - 8 Dec 1983) --? Ulf Merbold, Spacelab 1 payload specialist, carries out one of the...

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NASA image: Astronauts Garriott and Merbold monitoring experiemnts in Spacelab
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Nov 28, 1983

Astronauts Garriott and Merbold monitoring experiemnts in Spacelab

STS009-123-340 (28 Nov 1983) --- Astronaut Owen K. Garriott, STS-9 mission specialist, left, and Ulf Merbold,...

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NASA image: Official portrait of STS-42 IML-1 Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold
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Dec 11, 1991

Official portrait of STS-42 IML-1 Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold

S91-52649 (Nov 1991) ---- Astronaut Ulf Merbold, PhD, European Space Agency (ESA) Payload Specialist for STS-42,...

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NASA image: Spacelab
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Jan 1, 1992

Spacelab

Astronaut Ulf Merbold on the stationary seat of the mini-sled, stares into an umbrella-shaped rotating dome with...

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NASA image: STS-42 Payload Specialist Merbold inside KC-135 during zero gravity flight
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May 24, 1988

STS-42 Payload Specialist Merbold inside KC-135 during zero gravity flight

S88-37966 (2 Oct 1988) --- European Space Agency payload specialists Ulf Merbold (STS-42, right) and Reinhold Furrer...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Nov 1, 1991

Space Shuttle Projects

The STS-42 crew portrait includes from left to right: Stephen S. Oswald, pilot; Roberta L. Bondar, payload...

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NASA image: STS-42 MS Hilmers and Payload Specialist Merbold use IML-1 visual stimulator
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Jan 30, 1992

STS-42 MS Hilmers and Payload Specialist Merbold use IML-1 visual stimulator

STS042-203-024 (22-30 Jan. 1992) --- Astronaut David C. Hilmers (right), STS-42 mission specialist, assists European...

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NASA image: Spacelab
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Nov 1, 1983

Spacelab

This photograph shows activities inside the science module during the Spacelab-1 (STS-9) mission. Left to right are...

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NASA image: STS-9 crew activities
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May 2, 2011

STS-9 crew activities

STS009-04-116 (28 Nov 1983) --- Payload Specialist Ulf Merbold shown working in the Spacelab 1 module onboard the...

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NASA image: PREFLIGHT (CANDID) - STS-61A/D-1- JSC
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Dec 14, 1984

PREFLIGHT (CANDID) - STS-61A/D-1- JSC

Unofficial group photo of the STS-61A Crew and Ulf Merbold, Bldg. 9A; and, 1-G Trainer Cockpit. JSC, HOUSTON, TX...

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NASA image: STS 61-A crewmembers training on the KC-135
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Dec 17, 1984

STS 61-A crewmembers training on the KC-135

S84-47177 (17 Dec 1984) --- A recent flight in NASA's KC-135 aircraft gave the STS 61-A/Spacelab D-1 crewmembers a...

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NASA image: LANDING - STS-9/41A - EDWARDS AFB (EAFB), CA
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Dec 9, 1983

LANDING - STS-9/41A - EDWARDS AFB (EAFB), CA

S83-45648 (8 Dec 1983) --- After more than 10 days in Earth orbit, the crewmembers for STS-9 egress the Space...

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NASA image: STS-9 crewmembers gather around television monitor in Spacelab module
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Nov 28, 1983

STS-9 crewmembers gather around television monitor in Spacelab module

STS009-15-755 (28 Nov-8 Dec 1983) --- The lone television monitor in the Spacelab module is a popular item in this...

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NASA image: KSC-83PC-0807
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Nov 28, 1983

KSC-83PC-0807

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Columbia launches on mission STS-9 from Launch Pad 39-A. This is the first Shuttle...

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NASA image: Portrait of STS-9 crew in the Spacelab
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Nov 28, 1983

Portrait of STS-9 crew in the Spacelab

STS009-126-441 (28 Nov 1983) --- The six crewmembers of STS-9 position themselves in a star bust-like cluster in the...

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NASA image: KSC-82pc-130
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Feb 5, 1982

KSC-82pc-130

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Vice President George F. Bush, center left, is pictured with Payload Specialist Wubbo...

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NASA image: STS-9 Crew Logo/Insignia
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Jan 1, 1983

STS-9 Crew Logo/Insignia

S83-32900 (25 May 1983) --- This is the official insignia for STS-9, the major payload of which is Spacelab-1,...

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NASA image: OFFICIAL PORTRAIT - STS-9 CREW
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Jun 29, 1983

OFFICIAL PORTRAIT - STS-9 CREW

S83-35017 (June 1983) --- These six men represent the first crewmembers to man the Columbia when it gets reactivated...

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NASA image: STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from KSC LC Pad
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Jan 22, 1992

STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from KSC LC Pad

STS042-S-064 (22 Jan 1992) --- A horizontal image of liftoff of STS-42, with a crew of seven and the International...

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NASA image: Earth observations taken by the STS-9 crew
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Jun 25, 2009

Earth observations taken by the STS-9 crew

STS009-40-2575 (28 Nov-8 Dec 1983) --- This view of the Fuji volcano, Japan was taken on the 54th orbit of the Space...

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NASA image: STS-42 Discovery, OV-103, official crew portrait
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Nov 24, 1999

STS-42 Discovery, OV-103, official crew portrait

STS042-S-002 (November 1991) --- Payload specialists representing Canada and the European Space Agency (CSA - ESA)...

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NASA image: STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lands on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif
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Jan 30, 1992

STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lands on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif

STS042-S-094 (30 Jan 1992) --- Space Shuttle Discovery lands on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in southern...

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