Preparation for a WebCast Series

ISS: A Home in Microgravity

This guide will help you prepare for the November webcast

This month's webcast is entitled: Flight Support Hardware. The hardware allows NASA to transport Life Science experiments to and from the International Space Station. Deborah Wells, a Flight Experiments Project Manager at KSC, will talk about how how plants and other living organisms are studied while in space and how will the astronauts preserve the experiments for the ride home to Earth to be examined by scientists.

Deborah is looking forward to answering your questions; however, I would encourage you to take a moment and do a little research on this topic. The more information you can gather the more fun you will have during this very unique and informative event.

Click on the links below to learn more about Flight Support Hardware and how living things are affected by the space environment.

How do you simulate a weightless environment here on earth? To find out follow the links bellow for a better understanding of this free floating state. KC-135 Drop Tower Clinostat	How will studying plants in space benefit us here on earth? Learn how plants play a very important role in the future of NASA's long-duration space missions. Advanced Life Support	Find out how astronauts preserve their experiments while in space. Fixation Tube	This type of hardware is known as BRIC or Biological Research in a Canister. Read this cool story bellow about how scientist used BRIC in an experiment in space Story