STS-9 | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 06/05/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-9


00:00:59 1 Crew
00:01:08 1.1 Backup crew
00:01:16 1.2 Support crew
00:01:49 1.3 Crew seating arrangements
00:01:58 2 Mission background
00:03:53 3 Shuttle processing
00:05:22 4 Mission summary
00:09:08 5 Launch attempts
00:09:17 6 Mission insignia
00:09:40 7 See also



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STS-9 (also referred to as STS-41A and Spacelab 1) was the ninth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the sixth mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Launched on November 28, 1983, the ten-day mission carried the first Spacelab laboratory module into orbit.
STS-9 was also the last time the original STS numbering system was used until STS-26, which was designated in the aftermath of the 1986 Challenger disaster of STS-51-L. Under the new system, STS-9 would have been designated as STS-41-A. STS-9's originally planned successor, STS-10, was cancelled due to payload issues; it was instead followed by STS-41-B.
STS-9 sent the first non-U.S. citizen into space on the Shuttle, Ulf Merbold, becoming the first ESA and first West German citizen to go into space.