Location
Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Martinique Room
Start Date
30-4-2002 1:00 PM
End Date
30-4-2002 4:00 PM
Description
The Association of Small Payload Researchers (ASPR) has established a partnership and collaborative effort to develop a Scanning Probe Microscope for ISS. The initiative seeks to deliver a Facility Instrument available to the entire ISS community. ASPR brings university and independent researchers together to a payload engineering forum that unites the investigator's academic disciplines. The association has begun testing an atomic force microscope (AFM) aboard the KC-135 reduced gravity aircraft. The initial work included a collaboration with educational organizations that has expanded to include partnerships with space businesses and international small payload developers. The initial trials of a prototype AFM unit in zero gravity proved successful.
Paper Session I-A - Development and Testing of Scanning Probe Microscopy for the Zero-G Environment and ISS
Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Martinique Room
The Association of Small Payload Researchers (ASPR) has established a partnership and collaborative effort to develop a Scanning Probe Microscope for ISS. The initiative seeks to deliver a Facility Instrument available to the entire ISS community. ASPR brings university and independent researchers together to a payload engineering forum that unites the investigator's academic disciplines. The association has begun testing an atomic force microscope (AFM) aboard the KC-135 reduced gravity aircraft. The initial work included a collaboration with educational organizations that has expanded to include partnerships with space businesses and international small payload developers. The initial trials of a prototype AFM unit in zero gravity proved successful.
