STS-42 Mission Patch

45th Space Shuttle Mission 14th Flight of Discovery Crew: Ronald J. Grabe, Commander Stephen S. Oswald, Pilot William F. Readdy, Mission Specialist Norman E. Thagard, Mission Specialist David C. Hilmers, Mission Specialist Roberta L. Bondar, Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold, Payload SpecialistThe primary payload was the International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1) utilizing the pressurized Spacelab module. A host of experiments in life sciences and materials processing sciences were performed.