STS-50 Mission Patch

STS-50: 48th Space Shuttle Mission, 12th Flight of Columbia

Crew:

Richard N. Richards, Commander

Kenneth D. Bowersox, Pilot

Bonnie J. Dunbar, Mission Specialist

Ellen S. Baker, Mission Specialist

Carl J. Meade, Mission Specialist

Lawrence J. DeLucas, Payload Specialist

Eugene H. Trinh, Payload Specialist

The U.S. Microgravity Laboratory-1 was a spacelab mission that included experiments in material science, fluid physics and biotechnology. It was the first flight of a Space Shuttle with the Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) hardware, which allowed longer flight durations.