Location

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms

Start Date

24-4-1996 2:00 PM

End Date

24-4-1996 5:00 PM

Description

The International Space Station, now under construction by all of the leading space-faring countries around the world, will provide a tremendous asset to the international research community. It will not only enhance and broaden present research objectives, but also enable new research initiatives only achievable on such a well-equipped platform. NASA is working with the international research community to develop a coordinated plan for on-board research. The International Space Station research platform will provide an excellent sustained low gravity environment for laboratory research, as well as a robust long-term platform for observational research. Studies in fundamental physical, chemical, and biological processes will be possible. This paper provides an overview of the objectives in a variety of research disciplines, including life and biomedical science, aerospace medicine, microgravity science, earth science, technology research and commercial research and development.

Comments

Space Station/ MIR Report

Session Chairman: Bill Bates, Chief of Staff, ISSA, NASA, Johnson Space Center

Session Organizer: Vanessa Stromer

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Paper Session II-B - Research Plans for the International Space Station

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms

The International Space Station, now under construction by all of the leading space-faring countries around the world, will provide a tremendous asset to the international research community. It will not only enhance and broaden present research objectives, but also enable new research initiatives only achievable on such a well-equipped platform. NASA is working with the international research community to develop a coordinated plan for on-board research. The International Space Station research platform will provide an excellent sustained low gravity environment for laboratory research, as well as a robust long-term platform for observational research. Studies in fundamental physical, chemical, and biological processes will be possible. This paper provides an overview of the objectives in a variety of research disciplines, including life and biomedical science, aerospace medicine, microgravity science, earth science, technology research and commercial research and development.

 

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