Payloads/Projects

Bion-M1

NASA's participation in the Bion-M1 mission will continue the 30+-year history of collaborative research between NASA and the Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP), Moscow.

Seedling Growth-1 is the first in a series of joint NASA-European Space Agency (ESA) experiments aiming to help us understand plant growth in space. It will study how plants adapt to micro- and low-gravity environments and aims to help researchers determine the ability of plants to provide a complete, sustainable, dependable and economical means for human life support in space

Cell Biology Tech Demo (SpaceX-2)

NASA is developing new hardware to enable long duration cell biology research in space. The goal of the Cell Biology Tech Demo is to demonstrate critical Bioculture System-component crew operations aboard the ISS and the ability of hardware components to interface with existing laboratory facilities on orbit.

Micro-6 (SpaceX-1)

Micro 6-Principal Investigator:

Sheila Nielsen-Preiss, PhD, Montana State University

Finding new ways to treat infections in microgravity

Human Research Program (HRP)

The OMEGA Program

NASA scientist - the inventor, heart, and soul of the OMEGA system (Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae) - Dr. Jonathan Trent received his PhD in biological oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Ultrasound 2 (STS-135)

The Ultrasound 2 (USND 2) system is the next generation device which has replaced the existing Ultrasound system onboard the ISS. The new system is being used on the ISS in support of the Human Research Program’s (HRP) International Space Station Medical Project (ISSMP) and medical operations.

Plant Signaling (STS-135)

The Plant Signaling experiment studied the effects of microgravity on plant growth. During long-term space exploration it will be necessary to provide astronauts with regenerative sources of food. As new information about how plants grown in microgravity emerges, sustainable plant-based life support systems may be developed.

CBTM-3 (STS-135)

Commercial Biomedical Test Module - 3 is a collaboration between NASA Ames Research Center, BioServe Space Technologies and AMGEN. This investiagation will evaluate a novel therapeutic countermeasure to prevent flight induced bone loss in mice.

Space Tissue Loss-2 (STS-135)

The Space Tissue Loss (STL) activity is a collaboration between NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), Ft. Detrick, MD and the Department of Defense's Space Test Program (STP), Houston, TX.

Micro-2A (STS-135)

There is an urgent need to understand the effects of microgravity on the growth, cellular physiology, and cell-cell interactions in microbial biofilms. This information can then be used to curtail harmful activities of microbial consortia thriving as biofilms on the International Space Station and for the long-term success of human space exploration.

Micro-4 (STS-135)

Micro-4 is a collaboration with BioServe Space Technologies.

Treadmill Kinematic Experiment

On Friday, April 22, 2011, S. Hing the Flight Project/Experiment Support Manager for the Human Research Program (HRP) Treadmill Kinematic Experiment began monitoring the first of 36 on orbit experiment sessions in the Ames Multi Mission Operations Center (MMOC) located in Building 240a.

Mouse Immunology-2 (STS-133)

When space shuttle Discovery launched into orbit on March 24, 2011 for its final mission it carried 16 mice, in hardware developed by NASA Ames Research Center, which played an important role in immune system research.

Micro2 (STS-132)

Mouse Immunology (STS-131)

This experiment contributed toward attaining a better understanding of how the immune system, responds to the microgravity environment.

Space Tissue Loss (STS-131)

The Space Tissue Loss (STL) activity was a collaboration between NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Silver Spring, Md., and the Department of Defense's Space Test Program (STP), Houston, Tx.

TROPI-2 (STS-130)

The TROPI2 Payload is a continuation of the TROPI-1 experiment performed on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2006. The original experiment was launched on board STS-121, shuttle Discovery.

Attachments:

Tropi Studying Plant Growth in Space

Holter Monitor 2 (STS-126)

The next generation Holter Monitor 2 (HM2) is a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) ECG monitoring device developed by Mortara Instruments and flight qualified for use on the International Space Station (ISS) by the Space Biosciences Division of Ames Research Center.

Foton-M3

Foton-M3 Microgravity Mission

The Flight Systems Implementation Branch developed hardware enhancements including video recording and water delivery capabilities for the newt and gecko space biology experiments for the Russian Foton-M3 mission launched onboard the Soyuz-U rocket September 14, 2007 from Kazakhstan.

SPEGIS (STS-118)

The Streptococcus pneumoniae Expression of Genes in Space (SPEGIS) experiment investigated the effects of the space environment on the gene expression and production of important virulence proteins of the human bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae).