A -- NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT: FLUID PHYSICS: RESEARCH AND FLIGHT EXPERIMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Notice Date

January 18, 2001

Contracting Office

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771

ZIP Code

20771

Solicitation Number

NRA-01-OBPR-02

Response Due

May 11, 2001

Point of Contact

Dr. Gerald Pitalo, Microgravity Research Division, Phone (202) 358-0827, Fax (202) 358-3091, Email gpitalo@hq.nasa.gov

E-Mail Address

Dr. Gerald Pitalo (gpitalo@hq.nasa.gov)

Description

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) solicits proposals for flight experiments that will use the research apparatus currently planned to be available on board the International Space Station (ISS) for microgravity research in the approximate period 2004-2006. This opportunity is for both ground and flight experiments but is limited to research that can use the apparatus offered in this announcement, with only minor modifications. Permissible modifications will generally be limited to slight changes in instrumentation using existing flight qualified technologies. The Physical Sciences Division directs a program of research in the biological, physical, chemical, and engineering sciences as an element of NASA's Office of Biological and Physical Research (OBPR) strategic enterprise. One of the near-term priorities of the BPR enterprise is to establish the ISS as a national resource for research, using the unprecedented laboratory capabilities of the ISS to advance knowledge in chemical, physical, and biological systems. This solicitation is open to university and other non-profit research institutions, private sector organizations, and other U.S. government agencies. This NRA will be available after February 9, 2001 through the Internet at: http://peer1.idi.usra.edu . Paper copies of the Announcement can also be obtained by calling (202) 358-4180 after February 9, 2001. Please direct any other inquiries to the technical point of contact for this effort: Dr. Gerald Pitalo, Code UG, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, Phone: (202) 358-0827, Fax: (202) 358-3091, E-Mail: gpitalo@hq.nasa.gov This notice constitutes a NASA Research Announcement as contemplated in FAR 6.102 (d) (2). Proposal due date is May 11, 2001. Research areas under this NASA Research Announcement include the following: 7 fluid physics and transport phenomena 7 multi-phase flow and heat transfer 7 dynamics and stability 7 interfacial phenomena 7 colloids 7 biofluids The International Microgravity Science Planning Group agencies are offering a wide range of fluid physics and transport phenomena capabilities that are available through this announcement.

Web Link

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Record

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