Project Explorer - Student experiments aboard the Space ShuttleProject Explorer, a program of high school student experiments in space in a Space Shuttle self-contained payload unit (Getaway Special), sponsored by the Alabama Space and Rocket Center (ASRC) in cooperation with four Alabama universities is presented. Organizations aspects of the project, which is intended to promote public awareness of the space program and encourage space research, are considered, and the proposal selection procedure is outlined. The projects selected for inclusion in the self-contained payload canister purchased in 1977 and expected to be flown on an early shuttle mission include experiments on alloy solidification, electric plating, whisker growth, chick embryo development and human blood freezing, and an amateur radio experiment. Integration support activities planned and underway are summarized, and possible uses for a second payload canister purchased by ASRC are discussed.
Document ID
19790069350
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Buckbee, E. (Southern Research Inst. Birmingham, AL, United States)
Dannenberg, K. (Alabama Space and Rocket Center Huntsville, Ala., United States)
Driggers, G. (Southern Research Institute Birmingham, Ala., United States)
Orillion, A. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, Ala., United States)