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NASA Atlantis Shuttle Launched Docks with MIR:
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About the MIR pathogen control experiments
Pre-flight CSU test results on legumes
MIR Space Station - View Current Location
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The Atlantis crew carried the experiment aboard the MIR Space Station
on August 27, 1997.. This experiment will last 3 months. It is the
first time that this type of experiment will be carried out in low gravity.
Shown here are BioServe/NASA scientists assembling the test tube container
that will house the experiment.
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The computer controlled GAP will push the FPA's plunger
down thus releasing the water necessary for germinating the seed and sprouting.
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Each ODC experiment is contained in individual Fluid Processing
Apparatus (FPA) housed inside the GAP. The results of a pre-flight
experiment are shown here.
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The FPA is a double sleeve unit that contains the water and the seed.
The adzuki bean is suspended with the inner sleeve. Air will pass through
the breather on the bottom of the unit. Note the disease infection
on the left FPA in the pre-flight experiments on the control group.
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NASA Status Report (on-line)
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Pre-flight CSU test results on legumes
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