Project Title:

Tissue Fixation Apparatus for Flight Experimentation

12.02-8606
Tissue Fixation Apparatus for Flight Experimentation
Phyoresource Research Inc.
707 Texas Ave, Suite 202-d
College Station
TX
77840
SCHELD
H. W.
NAS9-17608
Amount:   
JSC
NAS9-17291

Abstract:

   The objective is the development of modular flight research hardwarewhich will meet the requirements of a broad range of plant and animal cell experiments
in the environment controlled growth and chemical treatment of cultured cells, tissues,
or organisms.  A list of experiments has been developed in collaboration with a representative
group of NASA life sciences investigators and concepts for hardware configuration
developed and tested through use of mockups and breadboard models.  In the continuing
effort, a previously used hardware item, the SO-15 cell culture system, will be prepared
for use in preliminary experimentation and a laboratory research effort will be carried
out to develop baseline data for guidance of culture chamber design.  The final product
of this effort will be in a engineering development unit of hardware which incorporates
the requirements of the investigators into the space occupied by a single Shuttle
locker.