STS-87
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STS-87 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center on 19 November 1997. It was the 88th flight of the Space Shuttle and the 24th flight of Columbia. The mi
AERCam Sprint, one of the USMP-4 payloads, in flight above Columbia's payload bay
Left to right - in orange: Chawla, Lindsey, Kregel, Kadenyuk; in white: Scott, DoiSpace Shuttle program← STS-86 (87)STS-89 (89) →
Launch of STS-87
STS-87 in-flight crew portrait
Leonid Kadenyuk
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Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine to fly into outer space.
STS-87
…liquid/solid interfaces, and improve understanding of the physics associated with the solidification of liquid metals-ceramic particles mixtures. Led by Kadenyuk, the Collaborative Ukraine Experiment (CUE) was a mid-deck payload designed to study the effects of microgravity on plant growth. The CUE was composed…
Leonid Kadenyuk
Kadenyuk holds up a Brassica rapa plant growth experiment while aboard the Columbia, January 1998
Candid photograph in middeck with American pilot Steve Lindsey, January 1998