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STS-95 Day 02 HighlightsOn this second day of the STS-95 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Curtis L. Brown, Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Stephen K. Robinson, and Pedro Duque, and Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai and John H. Glenn, are seen preparing a glovebox device in the middeck area of Discovery, an enclosed research facility that will support numerous science investigations throughout the mission. Payload Specialist John Glenn, activates the Microgravity Encapsulation Process experiment (MEPS). This experiment will study the formation of capsules containing two kinds of anti-tumor drugs that could be delivered directly to solid tumors with applications for future chemotherapy treatments and the pharmaceutical industry.
Document ID
19990008755
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Video
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
October 31, 1998
Subject Category
Space Transportation
Report/Patent Number
NONP-NASA-VT-1998397354
BRF-1416B
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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