PMID- 34647262
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220110
LR  - 20220110
IS  - 1940-6029 (Electronic)
IS  - 1064-3745 (Linking)
VI  - 2368
DP  - 2022
TI  - NASA's Ground-Based Microgravity Simulation Facility.
PG  - 281-299
LID - 10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_18 [doi]
AB  - Since opportunities to conduct experiments in space are scarce, various 
      microgravity simulators and analogs have been widely used in space biology ground 
      studies. Even though microgravity simulators do not produce all of the biological 
      effects observed in the true microgravity environment, they provide alternative 
      test platforms that are effective, affordable, and readily available to 
      facilitate microgravity research. The Microgravity Simulation Support Facility 
      (MSSF) at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) John F. 
      Kennedy Space Center (KSC) has been established for conducting short duration 
      experiments, typically less than 1 month, utilizing a variety of microgravity 
      simulation devices for research at different gravity levels. The simulators 
      include, but are not limited to, 2D Clinostats, 3D Clinostats, Random Positioning 
      Machines, and Rotating Wall Vessels. In this chapter, we will discuss current 
      MSSF capabilities, development concepts, and the physical characteristics of 
      these microgravity simulators.
CI  - (c) 2022. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
FAU - Zhang, Ye
AU  - Zhang Y
AD  - NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, FL, USA. ye.zhang-1@nasa.gov.
FAU - Richards, Jeffery T
AU  - Richards JT
AD  - NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, FL, USA.
AD  - LASSO Contract, URS Federal Services, Inc., Germantown, MD, USA.
FAU - Hellein, Jessica L
AU  - Hellein JL
AD  - NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, FL, USA.
FAU - Johnson, Christina M
AU  - Johnson CM
AD  - NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, FL, USA.
AD  - Universities Space Research Association, Washington, DC, USA.
FAU - Woodall, Julia
AU  - Woodall J
AD  - NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, FL, USA.
FAU - Sorenson, Tait
AU  - Sorenson T
AD  - NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, FL, USA.
FAU - Neelam, Srujana
AU  - Neelam S
AD  - NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, FL, USA.
AD  - Universities Space Research Association, Washington, DC, USA.
FAU - Ruby, Anna Maria J
AU  - Ruby AMJ
AD  - NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, FL, USA.
FAU - Levine, Howard G
AU  - Levine HG
AD  - NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, FL, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - Methods Mol Biol
JT  - Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
JID - 9214969
SB  - IM
MH  - *Space Flight
MH  - United States
MH  - United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MH  - *Weightlessness
MH  - *Weightlessness Simulation
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Facility
OT  - MSSF
OT  - Microgravity simulation
OT  - Plant research
OT  - Space biology
EDAT- 2021/10/15 06:00
MHDA- 2022/01/11 06:00
CRDT- 2021/10/14 06:48
PHST- 2021/10/14 06:48 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/10/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/01/11 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_18 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Methods Mol Biol. 2022;2368:281-299. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_18.