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Investigation of a Closed Ecological System (Biosfera)
03.22.12

Overview | Description | Applications | Operations | Results | Publications | Images

Experiment/Payload Overview

Information provided courtesy of the Energia website.
Brief Summary

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Principal Investigator

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Co-Investigator(s)/Collaborator(s)

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Sponsoring Space Agency

Roscosmos

Sponsoring Organization:

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ISS Expedition Duration:

March 2001 - August 2001



Expeditions Assigned

2

Previous ISS Missions

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Experiment/Payload Description

Research Summary

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Description

Investigation of a closed ecological system in space conditions.

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Applications

Space Applications

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Earth Applications

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Operations

Operational Requirements

Biosfera Kit (closed ecological system) - Video camera DSR PD-1P; increase ratio of varifocal lens - 16; focal distance range of change 5.5 - 88 mm; resolution - 650 TV lines; TV signal format - PAL.

Operational Protocols

Watching vital activities of small organisms living in water under orbital flight conditions.

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Results/More Information

Conduct of the experiment within the framework of International Education Program STARS for the students and pupils from Australia, China, Israel, Japan and USA. The Russian pupils from the town of Korolev will be participating in Program STARS.

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Related Web Sites
  • Energia - Science Research on the ISS Russian Segment
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    Publications

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    Ground Based Results Publications

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    ISS Patent Publications

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    Related Publications

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    Images

    imageIndependent habitation of living organisms and shooting their vital activities process.


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    Information provided by the investigation team to the ISS Program Scientist's Office.
    If updates are needed to the summary please contact JSC-ISS-Program-Science-Group. For other general questions regarding space station research and technology, please feel free to call our help line at 281-244-6187 or e-mail at JSC-ISS-Payloads-Helpline.