Feb. 19, 1999: A peek at a "gift for the future" was presented recently as scientists discussed the results of the fourth U.S. Microgravity Payload (USMP-4) which flew Nov. 19-Dec. 4, 1997.

"Overall it was a very successful mission," said Dr. Ed Ethridge, the assistant mission scientist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Etheridge who chaired the L+1 - launch-plus-one-year - results conference to be held at NASA/Marshall. This brought the USMP-4 science team together for the last time.

In-flight video image of the payload bay during USMP-4 shows the larger experiment gear mounted on a support structure. Anticipating the benefits from USMP-4's research, mission manager Sherwood Anderson said, as the mission ended in 1997, "My gift to my children is the research we're doing today."

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