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The opportunities for space biology research on the Space StationThe goals of space biology research to be conducted aboard the Space Station in 1990s include long-term studies of reproduction, development, growth, physiology, behavior, and aging in both animals and plants. They also include studies of the mechanisms by which gravitational stimuli are sensed, processed, and transmitted to a responsive site, and of the effect of microgravity on each component. The Space Station configuration will include a life sciences research facility, where experiment cyles will be on a 90-day basis (since the Space Station missions planned for the 1990s call for 90-day intervals). A modular approach is taken to accomodate animal habitats, plant growth chambers, and other specimen holding facilities; the modular habitats would be transportable between the launch systems, habitat racks, a workbench, and a variable-gravity centrifuge (included for providing artificial gravity and accurately controlled acceleration levels aboard Space Station).
Document ID
19880041907
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Ballard, Rodney W.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Souza, Kenneth A.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1987
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Meeting Information
Meeting: Biological sciences in space 1986
Location: Nagoya
Country: Japan
Start Date: November 10, 1986
Sponsors: MOESC, Natural Space Development Agency of Japan, Japan Society of Microgravity Application.
Accession Number
88A29134
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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