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The Assignment
The Assignment
Mission: Write a proposal for an experiment to be tested in space at the International Space Station. The materials must not include problematic materials and must fit into a small tube. The experiment needs to have a direct application in space, on earth, or both.
Deadline: November 4st
Click HERE to get the document template!
Background Research
Background Research
The description of the proposed experiment (Section IV) should include, but is not limited to:
A description of the basic question to be addressed by the experiment.
Ex. Will bacteria grow on meat in microgravity?
A discussion of current scientific understanding that is relevant to the question:
Explain what is already known. How does this knowledge lead to the question to be addressed by the experiment.
A description of the insight that will be gained from the experiment:
How does the answer to the question posed either add to, or provide added confirmation of, the current understanding.
The Organization
The Organization
Your Experiment Design will include figures, photos, and references to any articles cited, based on the template provided.
The Progress
The Progress
See recent BISD/SSEP Mission details:
Mission 13 successful launch on Space X-18 and SSEP Conference presentation
Mission 12 successful launch on Space X-15 and SSEP Conference presentation
Mission 11 successful launch on Space X-12 and SSEP Conference presentation
Mission 9 successful launch on Space X-10 and SSEP Conference presentation.
Mission 7 successful launch on SpaceX-8 and SSEP Conference presentation.
The Plan
The Plan
There are 9 separate categories of science that can be addressed in microgravity including:
protein crystal growth
inorganic crystal growth
bacterial studies
fish/aquatic life
food product studies
seeds and plants
fluid diffusion
cell biology
micro-encapsulation
Websites
Websites
Websites:
Try MicrobeWiki at https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/MicrobeWiki.
MicrobeWiki is a free, university-monitored wiki on microbes and microbiology. Curated pages are reviewed and updated by microbiologists at Kenyon College. Search for your microbe in the box on the left or browse the Taxomony Index. Then look in a supply house below.
Biological Supply Houses:
Carolina Biological Supply Company sells specimens that we can order in a dormant state. Search the word microkwik in the search box for samples of specimens you can use.
The ATCC Supply House also sells specimens. Make sure that it's a Biosafety Level 1 organism.
The Product
The Product
Your proposal guide must follow a standard style and conform to the following requirements:
Font: 12 pt Times New Roman
Line spacing: single spaced, 12 pt
Standard 8.5” x 11” pages; single-sided
1-inch margins all around
all pages numbered
Timeline for Crew Interaction
Timeline for Crew Interaction
Allowed Crew Interaction Days for Mission 12 to ISS
Student teams can only choose Crew Interaction Days from the Table below for the assigned astronaut to manipulate their FME – days which best fit their experiment design. For the days listed below, A=0 is the Time of Arrival, when the SSEP experiments payload is brought from the ferry vehicle through the hatch on ISS, and U=0 is the Time of Undock.
Crew Interaction Day Description Day
1 on arrival at ISS A=0
2 during first week A+2
3 2 weeks prior to undock U-14
4 in week prior to undock U-5
5 in week prior to undock U-2
Database Resources
Database Resources
You can scroll through the document below, or click the link in the upper left hand corner to open the document in a new tab. Database passwords can be obtained from your campus librarian.
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