In Japan, the National Space Development Agency is playing a central role in promoting the planning of space experiments to be conducted utilizing the Space Shuttle/Spacelab. The plan being promoted is called the First Material Processing Test (FMPT). According to the plan, Japan is to install its experiment apparatus in the Spacelab, occupying abount half the space available there, with the experiments conducted by a Japanese astronaut. A flow chart of the FMPT plan is presented from experiment subject selection to experiment apparatus fabrication, astronaut screening and training, Space Shuttle launching, space experiment, and experiment result analysis.


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    Title :

    Space Experiment Plan FMPT (First Material Processing Test)


    Contributors:
    T. Kikuyama (author)

    Publication date :

    1988


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English