title: Spacelab program's scientific benefits to mankind.
abstract: This paper describes the Spacelab program's scientific accomplishments during the past 10 years, highlighting major scientific accomplishments. An overview of Spacelab systems performance, significant issues, and utilization and operations activities applicable to the space station era is presented.
authors.affiliation: Payload Projects Office, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, AL, USA.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Craft
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Marmann
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001256:Astronomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D001272:Atmosphere / Q000032:analysis; D001690:Biological Science Disciplines; D003460:Crystallization; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies; D007391:International Cooperation; D007753:Laboratories; D055585:Physical Phenomena; D010825:Physics; D012106:Research; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends; D018581:Technology Transfer; D014481:United States; D018557:United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration; D014893:Weightlessness