The use of the Plant Growth Unit for botanical flight experiments on the STS-3 and 51-F flights is described. Inadequate temperature control on the STS-3 flight required a modification which eliminated the cooler night cycle on the 51-F flight. In-flight photography was added to the 51-F flight procedures because the postflight recovery period was sufficiently long to produce a gravity-induced bending in some plants. Ground processing at Dryden Flight Center was accomplished but improvements in the facilities available would be desirable.
Some experiences with botanical experiments in the orbiter middeck
1985-11-01
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English
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