Space station technology experiments and uses

With the advent of the Space Station will come significant opportunities to perform experiments in the near-earth space environment. It is anticipation that the Space Station will be an in-space facility where long duration missions can be conducted. A large number of experiments are expected to b e performed in science and applications, technology, and commercial ventures. NASA is working very actively to establish the experimental requirements from each experiment category. This paper addresses the in-space technology experiments and uses of the Space Station as presently envisioned for this next step in space.