The Centrifuge Facility on Space Station Freedom will consist of a 2.5-meter diameter Centrifuge accommodating two concentric rings of habitats and providing variable g-forces between 0.01 g and 2.0 g; modular habitats providing housing and lifesupport for rats, mice, and plants; a habitat holding system providing power, water, airflow and other utilities to several modular habitats; and a life sciences glovebox, an isolated work volume accommodating simultaneous operations by at least two scientists and providing lighting, airflow, video and data access, and other experiment support functions. The centrifuge facility will enable long-duration animal and plant microgravity research not previously possible in the NASA flight research program. It will offer unprecedented opportunities for use of on-board 1-g control populations and statistically significant numbers of specimens. On orbit 1-g controls will allow separation of the effects of microgravity from other environmental factors. Its selectable-g and simultaneous multiple-g capabilities will enable studies of gravitational thresholds, the use of artificial gravity as a countermeasure to the effects of microgravity, and ready simulation of Lunar and Martian gravities.
Research opportunities with the Centrifuge Facility
1992-01-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
Life Sciences Centrifuge Facility assessment
NTRS | 1994
|The AFRL/RZPS Centrifuge Table Test Facility
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2010
|The AFRL/RZPS Centrifuge Table Test Facility
AIAA | 2010
|The Centrifuge Facility Life Sciences Glovebox Configuration Study
SAE Technical Papers | 1992
|