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The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) conducted the protein crystal growth experiment and biospecimen sharing program (BSP) on the Space Shuttle mission STS-107. The crystal growth experiment was conducted with the Commercial Macromolecular Protein Crystal Growth (CMPCG) and composed of 5 science research themes, 5 applied research themes, one NASDA technical verification experiment and 6 high school team themes. BSP was the first program in which the specimens from space flight rodents would be distributed to 16 Principal Investigators from various countries which included 9 Japanese themes. The Space Shuttle Columbia was launched from Kennedy Space Center onJanuary 16, 2003 and performed its 16 day mission, On February 1, 2003, on its way back to the Earth, STS-107 Columbia was lost and all 7 crew were killed. Because of the Columbia accident, no data was obtained from NASDA's protein crystal growth experiment and BSP from the STS-107 mission.
