STS-62
type: Concept
change note: 2021-12-01 13:32:09.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (STS-62 [019b76a2-3576-4a03-a91f-8519319d66ee,825915] - Space Shuttle [3ef93fbf-1e19-42a9-a91f-502d125dbb7c,826168]);
change note: 2021-11-30 12:05:31.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (STS-62 [019b76a2-3576-4a03-a91f-8519319d66ee,825915] - Space-based Platforms [b39a69b4-c3b9-4a94-b296-bbbbe5e4c847,835875]);
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definition: Space Transport System STS-62 Mission Objectives: The 14-day mission is the latest in a series of Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) flights which will provide additional information for on-going medical studies that assess the impact of long-duration spaceflight, 10 or more days, on astronaut health, identify any operational medical concerns and test countermeasures for the adverse effects of weightlessness on human physiology. The United States Microgravity Payload (USMP) will be making its second flight aboard the Space Shuttle. The USMP flights are regularly scheduled on Shuttle missions to permit scientists access to space for microgravity and fundamental science experiments which cannot be duplicated on Earth and provide the foundation for advanced scientific investigations that will be done on the international space station. The Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (OAST-2) payload contains six experiments that will obtain technology data to support future needs for advanced satellites, sensors, microcircuits and the space station. Data gathered by the OAST-2 experiments could lead to satellites and spacecraft that are cheaper, more reliable and able to operate more efficiently. STS-62 will help scientists calibrate sensitive ozone- detecting instruments with the sixth flight of the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) Instrument. This highly calibrated tool is used to check data from ozone-measuring instruments on free-flying satellites -- NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) and Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA-9 and NOAA-11 satellites. The Protein Crystal Growth (PCG) experiments and the Commercial Protein Crystal Growth (CPCG) experiments aboard Columbia will help scientists understand the growth of crystals to study the complex molecular structures of important proteins. By knowing the structure of specific proteins, scientists can design new drug treatments for…

Space Shuttle
type: Concept