STS062-24-019 - STS-062 - United States Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2) on Columbia's payload bay

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: Photographic documentation of the United States Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2) on the Space Shuttle Columbia's payload bay at the time of STS-62. USMP-2 was the second in a series of scientific investigations of the effects of microgravity on materials and fundamental sciences. It comprised of four major experiments and an acceleration monitor in the cargo bay. The experiments investigated the effects of microgravity on the directional solidification of semiconductor materials; tested dendritic growth theroies; and analyzed the behavior of xenon at its critical point. The accelerated monitor measured disturbances that can affect the sensitive experiments.

Subject Terms: SPACE SHUTTLES, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), STS-62, PAYLOAD BAY, SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS, ONBOARD EQUIPMENT, MICROGRAVITY

Date Taken: 6/2/1997

Categories: Payload Bay

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-62