Payload specialists representing Canada and the European Space Agency join five NASA astronauts for the January 1992 scheduled STS-42 mission.
STS042-S-002 (November 1991) — Payload specialists representing Canada and the European Space Agency (CSA – ESA) join five NASA astronauts for the January 1992 scheduled STS-42 mission. Left to right are astronauts Stephen S. Oswald, pilot; Roberta L. Bondar, payload specialist; Norman E. Thagard, payload commander; Ronald J. Grabe, mission commander; David C. Hilmers, mission specialist; Ulf Merbold, payload specialist; and William F. Readdy, mission specialist. The STS-42 mission will utilize the Space Shuttle Discovery to carry out experiments for the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1).