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Flight Systems Implementation Branch 

Code SCF
Space Biosciences Division
TIMELINE OF ARC LIFE SCIENCES SPACEFLIGHT 
MISSIONS

Bion Foton

1960’s 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s 2000’s

Space Shuttle
Gemini 3, 8, 12 Apollo 17

Skylab 3

Supported to date 56 STS and 7 ISS missions
 Over 165 Principal Investigators ISS
 Diverse model specimens studied
Mammalian tissue culture, microbes (prokaryotic and 
eukaryotic), plants, primates, avian eggs, amphibians,  NASA/MIR
lizards, aquatic species, insects, snails, and avian eggs
NanoSatellites   
FLIGHT SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION BRANCH

♦ Payload/Project Management,
engineering, operations and
integration
• International Space Station
(ISS)
• STS: Middeck, SpaceHab,
Spacelab
• Russian: MIR, Foton, Bion
♦ Support for comprehensive studies
• Ground based research
• Flight analogs
• Flight experiments

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EXPERIMENT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

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