The last of the U.S. Microgravity Payload (USMP-4) missions
comes home Friday with a full haul of science and samples that will help
scientists direct investigations for the era of International Space Station.
The last of the U.S. Microgravity Payload (USMP-4) missions
comes home Friday with a full haul of science and samples that will help
scientists direct investigations for the era of International Space Station.
"Formulas
and theories - and the researchers who know how to go out into industry
to use them - are our most important products," said Sherwood Anderson,
the mission manager at the final press conference of the mission.
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Welcome to the home of science for NASA's United States Microgravity Payload -4 mission. Before, during, and after the flight of STS-87/USMP-4 you'll find great information here on the exciting science being done as part of the mission. The USMP-4 mission, managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is dedicated to exploration of science in the microgravity environment, and puts mankind on the threshold of a new era in science research in laboratories aboard the International Space Station.
Authors:
Dr. John Horack, Dave Dooling
Curator: Linda Porter
NASA Official: Gregory S. Wilson