"6_10_6.TXT" (19152 bytes) was created on 06-30-89 6/29/89: NASA SELECTS SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS FOR SPACE STATION FREEDOM RELEASE: 89-104 NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications today announced the selection of 27 flight experiments, or concept studies leading to experiments, that will fly aboard the Space Station Freedom. The selections fall into two categories. The flight category is for attached scientific experiments that can be mounted aboard elements of Freedom's structure during its assembly and outfitting phase. The 14 investigations selected in this category will be the first performed aboard Freedom. Flight proposals were solicited that would be limited in weight and make only modest demands on station resources, such as power, cooling and crew availability, during the busy assembly phase. The concept study category is for studies that may lead to flight experiments after the assembly phase. These proposals were solicited for more advanced ideas that could be implemented after station assembly when additional resources, such as higher power and data-handling capabilities, will be available. Some of the 14 flight experiments and 13 concept studies call upon two facilities the Office of Space Science and Applications has indicated would be built for Freedom. These are Astromag, a cryogenically-cooled superconducting electromagnet to measure cosmic rays, and the Cosmic Dust Collection Facility, which will capture and record the direction and velocity of cosmic dust particles for further analysis. The 27 selections were made from responses to two NASA announcements of opportunity issued in 1988. The first, issued in January, was for the Earth Observing System (EOS) and solicited proposals for both the unmanned NASA Polar Orbiting Platform and the permanently manned Space Station Freedom. The second was issued in July and was specifically for scientific and technological payloads in other scientific disciplines to be attached to Freedom. Eight of the nine Earth science investigations selected as attached payloads involve copies of EOS Polar Platform instruments. The investigations include participants from about 50 organizations representing NASA and other government and private research centers, U.S. universities and five foreign countries. The selected experiments and concepts represent a wide range of scientific disciplines including space physics, solar and planetary physics, exobiology, astrophysics, Earth and environmental science and communications technology. They involve nearly 130 scientists. Selection of the flight experiments was predicated on their ability to meet a timetable for the design, development and assembly of Freedom elements. The earliest expected flight date for any of the experiments is 1996. The Freedom Station will provide physical attachment points, power, cooling, data communications and pointing for certain instruments. The Attached Payload Program is managed by the Office of Space Science and Applications, Flight Systems Division. Program manager is Dr. Philip J. Cressy, and program scientist is Dr. Stanley C. Freden, both at NASA Headquarters. The following individuals have been selected for funding for experiments and concept studies in response to the January 1988 announcement: Dr. Robert M. Walker, McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, Cosmic Dust Experiment, flight experiment. Dr. Michael Fitzmaurice, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., Laser Communications Transceiver, flight experiment. Dr. Paul Gorenstein, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., Large Area Modular Array of Reflectors/High Throughput X-Ray Astronomy Instrument, flight experiment. Dr. Thomas A. Parnell, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., Spectra, Composition and Interactions of Nuclei above 10 TeV, Astromag experiment, flight experiment. Dr. Jonathan F. Ormes, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., Large Isotope Spectrometer for Astromag, flight experiment. Dr. Glenn C. Carle, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Exobiology Intact Capture Experiment, flight experiment. Dr. Siegfried Auer, Applied Research Corporation, Landover, Md., Cosmic Dust Orbit and Capture Experiment, flight experiment. Dr. Robert L. Golden, Particle Astrophysics Laboratory, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, Measurement of Cosmic Rays including Anti-protons, Positrons, Anti-nuclei and a Search for Primordial Antimatter, Astromag experiment, flight experiment. Dr. Arthur B. Walker, Jr., Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford University, Calif., Ultra-High Resolution XUV Spectroheliograph, flight experiment. Dr. W. T. Sanders, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin at Madison, X-ray Background Survey Spectrometer, flight experiment. Dr. Peter B. Price, Space Science Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Heavy Nucleus Collector, flight experiment. Dr. Peter M. Banks, STAR Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Calif., Plasma Interactions Experiment, concept study. Dr. Michael Shao, Optical Sciences and Applications Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., Orbiting Stellar Interferometer, concept study. Dr. Robert D. Reasenberg, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., Precision Optical Interferometry in Space Study, concept study. Dr. Jonathan E. Grindlay, Harvard College Observatory, Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass., Energetic X-ray Observatory for Space Station, concept study. Dr. Robert L. Brown, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Va., High-Resolution Imaging Spectroscopy at Tera Hertz Frequencies, concept study. Dr. Hugh S. Hudson, Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of California, San Diego, Pinhole/Occulter Facility, concept study. Dr. Guy Fogleman, SETI Institute, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., Study to Develop an Active Collector of Cosmic Dust, concept study. The following investigators were selected from responses to the July 1988 announcement: Dr. M. Patrick McCormick, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III, flight experiment. Dr. Hugh Christian, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., Lightning Imaging Sensor, flight experiment. Dr. Bruce Barkstrom, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System, flight experiment. Dr. William L. Barnes, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., Tropical Region Imaging Spectrometer, concept study. Dr. Michael H. Freilach, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., Advanced Scatterometer for Studies in Meteorology and Oceanography, concept study. Dr. Tiruvalam Krishnamurti, Florida State University, Tallahassee, an experiment similar to the Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder, one of six facility instruments included in the Polar Platform proposal, concept study. Dr. William G. Melbourne, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., Global Positioning System Geoscience Instrument, concept study. Dr. Gerald R. North, Texas A&M University, College Station, Tropical Rain Mapping Radar, concept study. Dr. Roy Spencer, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., Tropical Geophysical Information Retrieval with a High Resolution Microwave Spectrometer Sounder, concept study. - end - A complete list of payload co-investigators follows: FACT SHEET/FREEDOM EXPERIMENTS SPACE STATION ATTACHED PAYLOAD PRINCIPAL AND CO-INVESTIGATORS Investigations selected for flight: Principal Investigator (PI): Robert M. Walker, McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., Cosmic Dust Experiment; Co-Investigators (Co-I): E. Zinner and C. Simon, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; A. Tuzzolino and J. Simpson, University of Chicago. PI: Michael Fitzmaurice, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., Laser Communications Transceiver. PI: Paul Gorenstein, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., Large Area Modular Array of Reflectors (High Throughput X-Ray Astronomy Instrument); Co-I: D. Fabricant, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass.; S. Kahn and C. McKee, University of California, Berkeley; M. Wiesskopf, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; R. Rosner, University of Chicago. PI: Thomas A. Parnell, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., Spectra, Composition, and Interactions of Nuclei above 10 TeV (Astromag experiment); Co-I: J. Wefel, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; R. Wilkes, University of Washington, Seattle; J. Gregory, University of Alabama, Huntsville; T. Ogata, University of Tokyo, Japan. PI: Jonathan F. Ormes, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., Large Isotope Spectrometer for Astromag; Co-I: I. Rasmussen, Danish Space Research Institute, Denmark; J. Klarmann, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; M. Wiedenbeck, University of Chicago; R. Mewaldt, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; R. Streitmatter, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. PI: Glenn C. Carle, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., Exobiology Intact Capture Experiment; Co-I: M. Fonda amd D. Blake, SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif.; T. Bunch, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.; B. Clark, Martin Marietta Astronautics Group, Denver, Colo.; P. Tsou, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; J. Cronin, Arizona State University, Tempe; J. Hayes, Indiana University, Bloomington; J. Kerridge, University of California, Los Angeles. PI: Siegfried Auer, Applied Research Corporation, Landover, Md., Cosmic Dust Orbit and Capture Experiment; Co-I: O. Berg, University of Maryland, College Park; D. Brownlee, University of Washington, Seattle; G. Flynn, State University of New York, Plattsburgh; E. Grun, Max Planck Institute fur Kernphysik, West Germany; J. Iwanczyk, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; F. von Bun, Applied Research Corporation, Landover, Md.; H. Zook, Johnson Space Center, Houston. PI: Robert L. Golden, Particle Astrophysics Laboratory, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, Measurement of Cosmic Rays including Anti-protons, Positrons, Anti-nuclei and a Search for Primordial Antimatter, Astromag experiment; Co-I: S. Ahlen, Boston University; H. Crawford, University of California, Berkeley; J. Ormes, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.; C. Bower, Indiana State University, Terra Haute; T. Guzik, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; S. Stephens, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces; J. Adams, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.; M. Simon, University of Siegen, West Germany; C. De Marzo, Italian Institutions (various). PI: Arthur B. Walker Jr., Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford University, Calif., Ultra-High Resolution XUV Spectroheliograph; Co-I: R. Hoover, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; T. Barbee, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence, Calif.; J. Timothy, Stanford University, Calif.; S. Antiochos, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.; S. Wu, University of Alabama, Huntsville; D. Sime, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, Colo. PI: Dr. Wilton T. Sanders III, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin at Madison, X-ray Background Survey Spectrometer; Co-I: Dan McCammon, William L. Kraushaar and Richard J. Edgar, University of Wisconsin at Madison. PI: Dr. P. Buford Price, Space Science Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Heavy Nucleus Collector; Co-I: Gregory Tarle, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Michael H. Salaman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Dr. William H. Kinard, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. Investigations selected for concept study: PI: Peter M. Banks, STAR Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Calif., Plasma Interactions Experiment; Co-I: P. Bernhardt, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.; D. Hardy, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Bedford, Mass.; S. Mende, Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory, Calif., W. Raitt, Utah State University; A. Drobot, Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va., D. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; M. Kelley, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; D. Reasoner, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; L.R.O. Storey, Stanford University, Calif. PI: Michael Shao, Optical Sciences and Applications Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., Orbiting Stellar Inter- ferometer; Co-I: Charles Beichman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; B. Burke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; J. Hughes, Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.; S. Kulkarni, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; K. Johnston, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.; E. Kibblewhite, National Optical Astronomical Observatory, Arizona; H. McAlister, Georgia State University, Atlanta; P. Nisenson, Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass. PI: Robert D. Reasenberg, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., Precision Optical Interferometry in Space Study; Co-I: R. Babcock, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass.; J. Phillips, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass. PI: Jonathan E. Grindlay, Harvard College Observatory, Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Observations, Cambridge, Mass., Energetic X-ray Observatory for Space Station; Co-Is: S. Murray and F. Primini, Harvard Smithsonian Observatory, Cambridge, Mass.; Prince, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; B. Ramsey and M. Weisskopf, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; G. Skinner, University of Birmingham, England. PI: Robert L. Brown, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Va., High-Resolution Imaging Spectroscopy at Tera Hertz Frequencies; Co-I: A. Kerr, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Va. PI: Hugh S. Hudson, Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of California, San Diego, Pinhole/Occulter Facility; Co-I: C. Crannell and J. Davis, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; A. G. Emslie, University of Alabama, Huntsville; J. Grindlay, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; G. Hurford, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; J. Kohl, Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass.; R. Lin, University of California, Berkeley; R. Munro, Ball Aerospace Systems Division, Boulder, Colo.: G. Skinner, University of Birmingham, England; K. Wood, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. PI: Guy Fogleman, SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif., Study to Develop an Active Collector of Cosmic Dust; Co-I: G. Carle, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.; Benton Clark and J. Miller, Martin Marietta Astronautics Group, Denver; J. Huntington, SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif.; D. Perkins and D. Thomas, KMS Fusion, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich. Earth science investigations selected for flight: PI: M. Patrick McCormick, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III; Co-I: W. P. Chu, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.; D. M. Cunnold, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta; Benjamin M. Herman, University of Arizona, Tempe; Alvin J. Miller, NOAA National Meteorology Center, Suitland, Md.; Joseph M. Zawodny, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.; Philip B. Russell, Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, Calif.; David Rind, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, N.Y.; Jacqueline Lenoble, Universite de Sciences et Techniques de Lille, France. PI: Hugh Christian, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., Lightning Imaging Sensor; Co-I: Richard Blakeslee and Steven J. Goodman, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; Douglas M. Mach, University of Alabama, Birmingham. PI: Bruce Barkstrom, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System; Co-I: Maurice L. Blackmon, NOAA Environmental Research Laboratory, Princeton, N.J.; Robert D. Cess, State University of New York, Stonybrook. Earth science investigations selected for concept studies: PI: William L. Barnes, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., Tropical Region Imaging Spectrometer; Co-I: Wayne Esaias and Joel Susskind, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. PI: Michael H. Freilich, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., Advanced Scatterometer for Studies in Meteorology and Oceanography; Co-I: Robert M. Atlas, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.; Peter Cornillon, University of Rhode Island, Kingston; Robert A. Brown, University of Washington, Seattle; David Halpern and Fuk Li, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; Ross N. Hoffman, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.; David Legler, Florida State University, Tallahassee; Richard K. Moore, University of Kansas, Lawrence; James J. O'Brien, Florida State University, Tallahassee. PI: Tiruvalam Krishnamurti, Florida State University, Tallahassee, an experiment similar to the Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder, one of six facility instruments included in the Polar Platform proposal; Co-I: Daniel Fitzjarrald, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. PI: William G. Melbourne, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., Global Positioning System Geoscience Instrument; Co-I: Thomas P. Yunck, Gunnar F. Lindal and Lawrence E. Young, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; George H. Born, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bradford H. Hager, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; Chao-Han Liu, University of Illinois, Urbana. PI: Gerald R. North, Texas A&M University, College Station, Tropical Rain Mapping Radar; Co-I: Fuk Li, Jeff Dozier, R. Eastwood Im, and W. Timoth Liu, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; David Atlas, consultant, Bethesda, Md.; Robert Houze, University of Washington, Seattle; Tiruvalam Krishnamurti, Florida State University, Tallahassee; William K. Lau, Robert Meneghini, David Short, Joanne Simpson and Thomas Wilheit, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.; Ken'ichi Okamoto, Communications Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan; Jagadish Shukla, University of Maryland, College Park; Juan Valdes, Texas A&M University, College Station; Peter Webster, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; James. A Weinman, Applied Research Corporation, Landover, Md. PI: Roy Spencer, Marshall Space Flight Center, Ala., Tropical Geophysical Information Retrieval with a High Resolution Microwave Spectrometer Sounder; Co-I: Frank J. Wentz, Remote Sensing Systems; Paul Swanson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. - end - June 29, 1989