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Mission Specialist: Owen K. Garriott, Dr. Robert A. Parker Payload Specialists: Dr. Byron Lichtenberg, Dr. Ulf Merbold First space flight of non-astronaut scientists and first fore igner (Merbold) representing the European Space Agency (ESA) to fly on the Shuttle. First Spacelab mission. The ESA and NASA jointly sponsored the Spacelab 1 flight and contributed investigations which demonstrated the capability for advanced research in space. Landed December 8, at 3:47 PM PST at Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Mission duration 10 days, seven hours and 47 minutes. Traveled 4.3 million miles in 167 orbits. Show more