Mini ecosystem in space - Preliminary experiment on board STS-77 -

Yoji Ishikawa; Grant Anderson; Jane Poynter; Taber MacCallum; Robert Frye; Yukishige Kawasaki; Junpei Koike; Kensei Kobayashi; Hiroshi Mizutani; Katsura Sugiura; Kenichi Ijiri; Yoshio Ishikawa; Takeshi Saito; Atsushi Shiraishi

doi:10.2187/bss.10.105

Mini ecosystem in space

- Preliminary experiment on board STS-77 -

Yoji Ishikawa, Grant Anderson, Jane Poynter, Taber MacCallum, Robert Frye, Yukishige Kawasaki, Junpei Koike, Kensei Kobayashi, Hiroshi Mizutani, Katsura Sugiura, Kenichi Ijiri, Yoshio Ishikawa, Takeshi Saito, Atsushi Shiraishi

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Yoji Ishikawa
Obayashi Corporation, 2-3- 1 Kanda Tsukasa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Grant Anderson
Paragon Space Development Corporation, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Jane Poynter
Paragon Space Development Corporation, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Taber MacCallum
Paragon Space Development Corporation, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Robert Frye
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Yukishige Kawasaki
Mitsubishi Kasei Institute of Life Science, 11 Minarnioya, Machida-shi, Tokyo, Japan
Junpei Koike
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Kanagawa, Japan
Kensei Kobayashi
Yokohama National University, 156 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Hiroshi Mizutani
Senshu University of Ishinomaki, 1 Shinmito, Minamisakai, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
Katsura Sugiura
Sagami Woman's University, 2-1-1 Bunkyo, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Kenichi Ijiri
University of Tokyo ,2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshio Ishikawa
Nihon University, 7-24-1 Narashinodai, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Takeshi Saito
University of Tokyo, 3-2- 1 Midori-machi, Tana-shi, Tokyo, Japan
Atsushi Shiraishi
Fujitsu LTD, Kanagawa, Japan

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1996 Volume 10 Issue 2 Pages 105-111

DOI https://doi.org/10.2187/bss.10.105

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Abstract

An enclosed ecosystem which is stable on Earth will behave differently when brought into space. Micro-gravity and radiation will affect the dynamics of material circulation or the activities of small creatures of the ecosystem. One series of space experiments aiming to address such issues was planned in the United States (It is termed as ABS - Autonomous Biological System) and Japanese group has been involved with cooperating with the analysis of the flight samples. Before the ecosystem will be on board Russian Space Station “Mir” later 1996 for 3 months, a preliminary flight was carried out in May 1996 on Space Shuttle (STS-77) for 10 days flight. It was the first of such experiments to fly one whole ecosystem in space.

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