STS-9 (also known as STS-41A) (Spacelab 1) was a United States Space Shuttle mission, the 6th mission of the Columbia orbiter. It was Columbia's last flight until early January of 1986 STS-61C.
The launch occurred at 11 a.m. EST, Nov. 28, 1983.
The 6-member crewóa manned space flight record at the timeóincluded John W. Young, commander, on his second Shuttle flight; Brewster H. Shaw, pilot; Owen Garriott and Robert A. Parker, both mission specialists; and Byron K. Lichtenberg and Ulf Merbold payload specialists, the first foreign citizen to participate in a Shuttle flight.
The mission was devoted entirely to Spacelab l, a joint NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) program designed to demonstrate the ability to conduct advanced scientific research in space, with astronauts and payload specialists working in the Spacelab module and coordinating their efforts with scientists at the Marshall Payload Operations Control Center (POCC) then located at the Johnson Space Center. Funding for Spacelab l was provided by ES

STS-9 Spacelab 1 video ressource, highlights
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00:00:32 Title : Spacelab 1 video ressource, highlights tape
00:00:48 Logo of the mission
00:00:58 Shuttle on launch pad (night and day) and crew
00:02:33 Audience
00:03:00 SHuttle on launch pad
00:03:57 Lift off
In orbit
00:06:24 Opening of the cargo bay and various shot of paylaod bay opened
00:09:10 Opening of the hatch and shots of the MCR
00:11:29 Entering Spacelab and first activities in the lab with cut aways in the MCR
00:14:37 MOre experimental work in the lab
00:15:17 BLACK with communication sound then light slowly appears (probably an experiment)
00:16;48 Lab work
 00:17:19 close up on a scope
00:17:35 Communication with Earth
00:19:41 MCR and screen, etc
00:22:40 Earth views
00:24:46 Lab work
00:27:56 Payload pay - experience 22 cracking out of the spacelab
00:29:41 MCR about exp 22
00:29:59 installing a television camera in spacelab followed by abstract picture of experiment
00:32:06 Payload bay open : Earth view
00:32:33 Ulf Merbold conver