STS-78 Flight Day 6

Abstract

On this sixth day of the STS-78 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Terence T. Henricks, Pilot Kevin R. Kregel, Payload Cmdr. Susan J. Helms, Mission Specialists Richard M. Linnehan, Charles E. Brady, Jr., and Payload Specialists Jean-Jacques Favier, Ph.D. and Robert B. Thirsk, M.D., are shown performing status checks on the life and microgravity experiments and conducting a brief maintenance procedure to correct an electrical circuit problem in the Bubble Drop Particle Unit. On this day, the crew is given four hours off to relax after five days of work with the life and microgravity science investigation being conducted on board.