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Life and Microgravity SpacelabPressurized orbital life-science and physics laboratoryMission concludedSTS-78 operated the Life and Microgravity Spacelab for nearly seventeen days, then the longest Space Shuttle mission.
Plasma Diagnostics PackageDeployable plasma-physics instrumentRecoveredThe University of Iowa Plasma Diagnostics Package was a compact deployable spacecraft and instrument carrier built to map the charged-particle, field, radio-frequency, and contamination environment around the Space Shuttle.
Spacelab 1Reusable pressurized orbital laboratoryRecoveredSTS-9 transformed Columbia into an orbiting research laboratory for the first flight of the European-built Spacelab.
Spacelab 3Pressurized orbital laboratory missionRecoveredSTS-51-B carried Spacelab 3 on the first operational flight of the laboratory system.
Spacelab D-1Pressurized orbital laboratory missionMission concludedSTS-61-A carried the West German Spacelab D-1 laboratory and the only eight-person crew in Shuttle history.
Spacelab D-2Pressurized international research laboratoryMission concludedSTS-55 carried Spacelab D-2, a German-led laboratory with 88 investigations in materials, life sciences, technology, astronomy, and Earth observation.
International Microgravity Laboratory-1Pressurized microgravity laboratoryMission concludedSTS-42 carried International Microgravity Laboratory-1 in a pressurized Spacelab module.
International Microgravity Laboratory-2Pressurized microgravity laboratoryMission concludedSTS-65 carried International Microgravity Laboratory-2 with more than 80 experiments from six space agencies and over 200 scientists.
Spacelab 2Unpressurized orbital science palletRecoveredSTS-51-F suffered a main-engine shutdown during ascent and executed the Shuttle program's only abort-to-orbit, reaching a lower but stable orbit.
Spacelab Life Sciences-1Pressurized life-sciences laboratoryMission concludedSTS-40 carried Spacelab Life Sciences-1, the first Shuttle mission devoted entirely to life sciences.
Spacelab Life Sciences-2Pressurized life-sciences laboratoryMission concludedSTS-58 carried Spacelab Life Sciences-2 for fourteen days, combining 14 investigations of cardiovascular, pulmonary, regulatory, musculoskeletal, and neurovestibular adaptation.
Microgravity Science Laboratory-1Pressurized orbital physical-science laboratoryMission concludedReusable Spacelab research campaign focused on combustion, materials, fluid physics, and biotechnology; its first flight ended early before a complete reflight on STS-94.