KSC-96EC-0550 - LMS-1 installed in canister 


In the Operations and Checkout Building, the Life and Microgravity 
Sciences-1 (LMS-1) Spacelab module is being transferred into the 
payload canister transporter.  The LMS-1 will be taken to Orbiter 
Processing Facility Bay 2, where it will be installed in the payload 
bay of the orbiter Columbia.  Once electrical connections are 
established and a tunnel adapter installed, an Interface Verification 
Test (IVT) to verify interfaces between the orbiter and payload will 
be conducted.  The LMS-1 will be the primary payload during the 
upcoming flight of Columbia on Mission STS-78 this summer.

 
                                               04/22/96