The performance of KSC Fixation Tubes with RNALater for orbital experiments: A case study in ISS operations for molecular biology

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 199-206

  Ferl, Robert J ^a   Zupanska, Agata ^a   Spinale, April ^b   Reed, David ^b   Manning Roach, Susan ^b   Guerra, George ^c   Cox, David R ^b   Paul, Anna Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

International space station; KFT; Plant biology; Space biology; Spaceflight hardware

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BIOPHYSICS; EARTH (PLANET); PLANTS (BOTANY); SPACE PLATFORMS; SPACE STATIONS;

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FIXATION TUBES; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PLANT BIOLOGY; POST-FLIGHT ANALYSIS; SPACE BIOLOGY; SPACE LIFE SCIENCE; SPACE-FLIGHT HARDWARE;

ORBITS;

EID: 79957599377     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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