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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
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Title:
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Materials Science Experiments Conducted at MSFC
Title
Materials Science Experiments Conducted at MSFC
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In another first for NASA, an all-female crew of scientific experimenters began a five-day exercise on December 16, 1974, to test the feasibility of experiments that were later tested on the Space Shuttle/Spacelab missions. The experimenters, Dr. Mary H. Johnston (seated, left), Ann F. Whitaker and Carolyn S. Griner (standing, left to right), and the crew chief, Doris Chandler, spent spend eight hours each day of the mission in the Marshall Space Flight Centers General Purpose Laboratory (GPL). They conducted 11 selected experiments in materials science to determine their practical application for Spacelab missions and to identify integration and operational problems that might occur on actual missions. Inside the GPL, the four women worked under conditions simulating, as nearly as practical, those that would exist in a space station in Earth orbit, excepting, of course, weightlessness. Air circulation, temperature, humidity and other factors were carefully controlled. The test was conducted at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, where the GPL is part of the centers Concept Verification Test (CVT), a project oriented to reducing future costs of experimentation in space by involving potential experimenters early in the development cycle of their hardware.
Full_Description
In another first for NASA, an all-female crew of scientific experimenters began a five-day exercise on December 16, 1974, to test the feasibility of experiments that were later tested on the Space Shuttle/Spacelab missions. The experimenters, Dr. Mary H. Johnston (seated, left), Ann F. Whitaker and Carolyn S. Griner (standing, left to right), and the crew chief, Doris Chandler, spent spend eight hours each day of the mission in the Marshall Space Flight Centers General Purpose Laboratory (GPL). They conducted 11 selected experiments in materials science to determine their practical application for Spacelab missions and to identify integration and operational problems that might occur on actual missions. Inside the GPL, the four women worked under conditions simulating, as nearly as practical, those that would exist in a space station in Earth orbit, excepting, of course, weightlessness. Air circulation, temperature, humidity and other factors were carefully controlled. The test was conducted at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, where the GPL is part of the centers Concept Verification Test (CVT), a project oriented to reducing future costs of experimentation in space by involving potential experimenters early in the development cycle of their hardware.
Full Description
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Date:
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11/13/1974
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NASA Center:
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Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA_Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA Center
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Subject Category:
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Women
Subject_Category
Women
Subject Category
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Subject Category:
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Simulators
Subject_Category
Simulators
Subject Category
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Keywords:
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Space
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Keywords:
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Laboratory
Keywords
Laboratory
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Center
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Keywords:
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General
Keywords
General
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Spacelab
Keywords
Spacelab
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Keywords:
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Whitaker
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Whitaker
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Keywords:
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Griner
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Keywords:
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Johnston
Keywords
Johnston
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Chandler
Keywords
Chandler
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Keywords:
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Marshall
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Marshall
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Keywords:
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Flight
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Keywords:
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MSFC
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Purpose
Keywords
Purpose
Keywords
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Keywords:
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GPL
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Keywords:
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women
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Audience:
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General Public
Audience
General Public
Audience
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facet_what:
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Earth
facet_what
Earth
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_where
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Marshall Space Fligh Center (MSFC)
facet_where
Marshall Space Fligh Center (MSFC)
facet_where
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facet_who:
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Carolyn S. Griner
facet_who
Carolyn S. Griner
facet_who
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facet_when:
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December 16, 1974
facet_when
December 16, 1974
facet_when
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facet_when:
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11-13-1974
facet_when
11-13-1974
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1974
facet_when_year
1974
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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565782
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original_url:
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original_url
original_url
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UID:
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0198
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0198
UID
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Center:
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MSFC
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Center Number:
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565782
Center_Number
565782
Center Number
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GRIN DataBase Number:
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GPN-2002-000198
GRIN_DataBase_Number
GPN-2002-000198
GRIN DataBase Number
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Creator-Photographer:
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NASA
Creator-Photographer
NASA
Creator-Photographer
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Original Source:
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DIGITAL
Original_Source
DIGITAL
Original Source
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