I suggest that the Science lab could store the data produced in the SC-9001 Science Jr or the Mystery Goo like the GRAVMAX Negative Gravioli Detector or the Thermometer in a capsule. The objective of that is to bring the science lab in a manned mission arround a planet, taking the science of a biome with a lander, and after that, going back to the main ship and storing the data in to the science lab.