A -- MICROGRAVITY FLIGHT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

Notice Date

October 27, 2000

Contracting Office

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771

ZIP Code

20771

Solicitation Number

AO-00-OBPR-01

Response Due

January 12, 2001

Point of Contact

Bradley M. Carpenter, Lead Scientist -- Microgravity Research Division, Phone (202) 358-0826, Fax (202) 358-3091, Email bcarpent@hq.nasa.gov

E-Mail Address

Bradley M. Carpenter (bcarpent@hq.nasa.gov)

Description

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) solicits proposals for flight experiments that will use the research apparatus currently planned to be available on board the International Space Station (ISS) for microgravity research in the approximate period 2004-2006. This opportunity is limited to flight research that can use the apparatus offered in this announcement, with only minor modifications. Permissible modifications will generally be limited to slight changes in instrumentation using existing flight qualified technologies. The Physical Sciences Research Division directs a program of research in the biological, physical, chemical, and engineering sciences as an element of NASA's Biological and Physical Research (BPR) strategic enterprise. One of the near-term priorities of the BPR enterprise is to establish the ISS as a national resource for research, using the unprecedented laboratory capabilities of the ISS to advance knowledge in chemical, physical, and biological systems. This solicitation is open to university and other non-profit research institutions, private sector organizations, and other U.S. government agencies. This AO will be available after November 9, 2000 through the Internet at: http://peer1.idi.usra.edu . Paper copies of the Announcement can also be obtained by calling (202) 358-4180 after November 10, 2000. Please direct any other inquiries to the technical point of contact for this effort: Dr. Bradley Carpenter, Code UG, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, Phone: (202) 358-0826, Fax: (202) 358-3091, E-Mail: Bradley.carpenter@hq.nasa.gov. This notice constitutes a NASA Announcement of Opportunity as contemplated in FAR 6.102 (d) (2). Proposal due date is January 12, 2001. Research areas under this NASA Announcement of Opportunity include the following: Biotechnology macromolecular crystal growth The common research interest in biotechnology among the International Microgravity Strategic Planning Group (IMSPG) agencies is macromolecular crystal growth. NASA is currently assessing its long-term plans for research in protein crystal growth and is not offering any apparatus for cooperative research, but will consider proposals to use apparatus offered by international agencies. Combustion Science advance fundamental research important to fire safety and risk management in flight vehicles droplet combustion experiments and a variety of flame spread experiments in the combustion of thick or thin solid fuels experiments in spray systems Combustion experiment modules available for this facility are under development by NASA and are being proposed by international agencies. One of NASA's primary objectives in developing these modules is to advance fundamental research important to fire safety and risk management in flight vehicles. International efforts include modules directed toward experiments in spray systems , and diagnostic technologies adaptable to a range of experiments. Fluid Physics fluid physics and transport phenomena The IMSPG agencies are offering a wide range of fluid physics and transport phenomena capabilities that are available through this announcement. Fundamental Physics atomic physics and low temperature physics NASA is offering ISS capabilities in atomic physics and low temperature physics through this Announcement, and research in cooperative phenomena is supported by international apparatus. Materials Science furnace designs for materials processing The IMSPG agencies are offering a wide range of materials science capabilities that are available through this announcement. Several member agencies of the IMSPG are developing research apparatus that offer unique capabilities to U.S. investigators, particularly with respect to furnace designs for materials processing.

Web Link

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Record

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