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Space Experiment Module: A new low-cost capability for education payloadsThe Space Experiment Module (SEM) concept is one of a number of education initiatives being pursued by the NASA Shuttle Small Payloads Project (SSPP) in an effort to increase educational access to space by means of Space Shuttle Small Payloads and associated activities. In the SEM concept, NASA will provide small containers ('modules') which can accommodate small zero-gravity experiments designed and constructed by students. A number, (nominally ten), of the modules will then be flown in an existing Get Away Special (GAS) carrier on the Shuttle for a flight of 5 to 10 days. In addition to the module container, the NASA carrier system will provide small amounts of electrical power and a computer system for controlling the operation of the experiments and recording experiment data. This paper describes the proposed SEM carrier system and program approach.
Document ID
19960003754
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Goldsmith, Theodore C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lewis, Ruthan (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: The 1995 Shuttle Small Payloads Symposium
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Accession Number
96N13764
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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