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Project ExplorerPROJECT EXPLORER is a program that will fly student-developed experiments onboard the Space Shuttle in NASA's Get-Away Special (GAS) containers. The program is co-sponsored by the Alabama Space and Rocket Center, the Alabama-Mississippi Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Alabama A&M University and requires extensive support by the University of Alabama in Huntsville. A unique feature of this project will demonstrate transmissions to ground stations on amateur radio frequencies in English language. Experiments Nos. 1, 2, and 3 use the microgravity of space flight to study the solidification of lead-antimony and aluminum-copper alloys, the growth of potassium-tetracyanoplatinate hydrate crystals in an aqueous solution, and the germination of radish seeds. Flight results will be compared with Earth-based data. Experiment No. 4 features radio transmission and will also provide timing for the start of all other experiments. A microprocessor will obtain real-time data from all experiments as well as temperature and pressure measurements taken inside the canister. These data will be transmitted on previously announced amateur radio frequencies after they have been converted into the English language by a digitalker for general reception.
Document ID
19850002733
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Dannenberg, K. K.
(Alabama Space and Rocket Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Henderson, A.
(Clarkson Coll. N.Y., United States)
Lee, J.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, United States)
Smith, G.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, United States)
Stluka, E.
(Marshall Amateur Radio Club Huntsville, Ala., United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Marshall Space Flight Center 2nd Symp. on Space Industrialization
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Accession Number
85N11041
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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