Six-month space greenhouse experiments - A step to creation of future biological life support systems

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 42, Issue 1-8, 1998, Pages 11-23

  Ivanova, T N ^a   Kostov, P T ^a   Sapunova, S M ^a   Dandolov, I W ^a   Salisbury, F B ^b   Bingham, G E ^b   Sytchov, V N ^c   Levinskikh, M A ^c   Podolski, I G ^c   Bubenheim, D B ^d   Jahns, G ^d  

^a Faculty of Physics Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski   (Bulgaria)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MICROCLIMATE; MIR PROJECT; NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 284093 1/2; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 284093 2/2; NON-NASA CENTER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPACE FLIGHT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WHEAT;

NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 284093 1/2; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 284093 2/2; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT;

BULGARIA; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; RUSSIA; SPACE FLIGHT; TRITICUM; UNITED STATES; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0031598537     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(98)00102-7     Document Type: Article

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