1995-1996
WPI's Man In Space
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: WPI Media Relations, 508-831-5616
On Sunday, Nov. 5, at 6:45 a.m., Eastern, the space
shuttle Columbia touched down at the Kennedy Space Center in
Florida after a busy and productive 16-day science mission, the
second-longest shuttle mission in history. The
shuttle carried in its cargo bay the second United States Microgravity
Laboratory. In this space laboratory, Columbia's seven-person crew
conducted a host of sophisticated microgravity experiments.
The flight crew for the USML-2 mission included Albert Sacco Jr., head of the WPI Chemical Engineering Department. Sacco was a payload specialist, helping conduct the mission's many experiments. Sacco was also the principal investigator for the Zeolite Crystal Growth Experiment, which was developed by several WPI researchers.
