Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
Start Date
28-4-1993 2:00 PM
End Date
28-4-1993 5:30 PM
Description
Fifteen years ago, the first Life Sciences Announcement of Opportunity offered the promises of "man-tended" microgravity flights. For the experiments involving "nonhuman" elements, i.e., plants, animals, tissues and cells, the Shuttle Transportation System (STS) flights posed both challenges and rewards. The transition from the 1-G laboratory bench to O-G environment has resulted in new information with each succeeding flight. These rewards are measured both in better understanding in methods and materials to conduct research within the microgravity milieu and interpretation of the data obtained.
The engineering systems developed, operational knowledge gained over the past 15 years, and data base of experimental results being developed, can only enhance, support, and stimulate the scientific community's sights toward NASA's next direction - Space Station Freedom.
Paper Session II-B - Life Sciences Shuttle Flights- 15 Years
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
Fifteen years ago, the first Life Sciences Announcement of Opportunity offered the promises of "man-tended" microgravity flights. For the experiments involving "nonhuman" elements, i.e., plants, animals, tissues and cells, the Shuttle Transportation System (STS) flights posed both challenges and rewards. The transition from the 1-G laboratory bench to O-G environment has resulted in new information with each succeeding flight. These rewards are measured both in better understanding in methods and materials to conduct research within the microgravity milieu and interpretation of the data obtained.
The engineering systems developed, operational knowledge gained over the past 15 years, and data base of experimental results being developed, can only enhance, support, and stimulate the scientific community's sights toward NASA's next direction - Space Station Freedom.
Comments
Past and Future Payloads
Session Chairman: JoAnn H. Morgan, Director, Payloads Projects Management, NASA, Kennedy Space Center
Session Organizer: Shirley Green, Payload Support Office, NASA, Kennedy Space Center