PROJECT EXPLORER is a program that will fly student-developed experiments onboard the Space Shuttle in NASA's Get-Away Special (GAS) containers. The program is co-sponsored by the Alabama Space and Rocket Center, the Alabama-Mississippi Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Alabama A&M University and requires extensive support by the University of Alabama in Huntsville. A unique feature of this project will demonstrate transmissions to ground stations on amateur radio frequencies in English language. Experiments Nos. 1, 2, and 3 use the microgravity of space flight to study the solidification of lead-antimony and aluminum-copper alloys, the growth of potassium-tetracyanoplatinate hydrate crystals in an aqueous solution, and the germination of radish seeds. Flight results will be compared with Earth-based data. Experiment No. 4 features radio transmission and will also provide timing for the start of all other experiments. A microprocessor will obtain real-time data from all experiments as well as temperature and pressure measurements taken inside the canister. These data will be transmitted on previously announced amateur radio frequencies after they have been converted into the English language by a digitalker for general reception.


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    Titel :

    Project Explorer


    Beteiligte:
    Dannenberg, K. K. (Autor:in) / Henderson, A. (Autor:in) / Lee, J. (Autor:in) / Smith, G. (Autor:in) / Stluka, E. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1984-10-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    The Student Explorer Demonstration Initiative Project

    Sevier, J. R. / Coleman, P. J. / COSPAR et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1999


    Project Explorer - Student experiments aboard the Space Shuttle

    Buckbee, E. / Dannenberg, K. / Driggers, G. et al. | NTRS | 1979




    Explorer

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1938