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Flight Systems Implementation Branch Code SCF Space Biosciences Division
Flight Systems Implementation Branch Code SCF Space Biosciences Division
Code SCF
Space Biosciences Division
TIMELINE OF ARC LIFE SCIENCES SPACEFLIGHT
MISSIONS
Bion Foton
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