NASA Ames Scientists to Preview Upcoming Space Station
Experiments MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Engineers and project
scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center are prepping their
experiments and payloads for the upcoming International Space
Station Expedition 32 and 33 missions. Experts supporting
experiments to study fundamental space biology, human-robotic
interaction and cubesats, will be available for interviews
Tuesday, March 20, 2012. This availability follows two briefings
to preview the missions from NASA's Johnson Space Center,
Houston, that will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the
agency's website. The Micro-6 project will investigate the
response of the C. albicans fungus to simulated microgravity to
predict the potential health risk posed by this opportunistic
pathogen in the spaceflight environment. Future Micro-6
experiments will study the way a variety of biological species
respond to gravity. The space station currently houses three
volleyball-sized free-flying satellites called Synchroni