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Multiple International Experiments Science will be attempted to be recovered today. Cape Canaveral, Florida - May 5, 2003. John M. Cassanto - CEO and V. A. Cassanto
First of Nine Experiments from Shuttle Columbia CIBX-2 Hardware Recovered from Columbia Breakup Yields Science. Cape Canaveral, Florida - May 6, 2003. John M. Cassanto - CEO and V. A. Cassanto
Nine More Experiments Being Recovered from Shuttle Columbia RELEASE
See at: www.ksc.nasa.gov forPhotos go to Multimedia and click on the first picture box, scroll down to see pictures.
ITA present at the 51st IAF in Rio de Janeiro, October, 2000.
ITA presented a paper in the Education session entitled: "A Model for an International Student Space Education Program" by V. A. Cassanto, U. R. Alvarado, and B. Baranoff.
A second paper was presented by R.B. Hobbs of ITA entitled "Microgravity Facilities on the K-1". This paper is about the ITA microgravity plans for the Kistler Aerospace Corporation reuseable launch vehicle.
On May 15, 1999 three Brazilian University experiments along with a variety of other scientific and commercial microgravity experiments flew onboard the Brazilian VS-30 rocket, in a mission named "Operation São Marcos", organized by the Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço, Centro Tecnico Aeroespacial (CTA) and launched from the Alcântara Launch Center.
ITA flew two of it's microgravity devices - MDA's (Materials Dispersion Apparatus). The MDA's are brick-sized mini-laboratories to conduct a wide variety of science experiments in the microgravity environment. One MDA was dedicated to Brazilian University microgravity experiments as part of an ongoing space education program in collaboration with NAEE under the auspices of CTA and IAE. The Brazilian experiments include the effect of launch vibration on special lipase emulsions for future space missions (FEI Institute), the effect of low gravity on Planaria worms (UniVap University), and the Crystallization of biomedical products for future antibiotic drugs (USP- University of São Paulo).
The second MDA performed a variety of experiments for other American and international entities. Some of these experiments include the effect of cosmic rays on emulsion films (Companhia Espacial Portuguesa), and the effect of low gravity on collagen. This was the fourth flight of the Brazilian VS-30 sounding rocket (upgrade of the Sonda-III rocket flown successfully 30 times) and provided approximately 4 minutes of microgravity. This milestone mission combined both space education efforts and commercial space activities which consisted of a total of fourteen different experiments. This was the first time microgravity experiments were conducted by a Brazilian sounding rocket from the Alcântara Launch Center.
Valerie Cassanto of ITA and D. C. Lobão of Brazil recovering the units after our VS-30 (Operacão São Marcos) mission. They are carrying them back to the lab to unload the experiments. Both Brazilian University experiments and other ITA commercial experiments were successfully flown.
ITA and ASGSB Sponsor Three Student Flight Experiments on STS-95
The National Space Society and ITA (Instrumentation Technology Associates) present... Science in Space: NSS Shuttle Experiment Project
Read the article " Biotechnology in Space", by Dr. Shahram Askarpour, Director of Research and Engineering at Instrumentation Technology Associates (ITA). This was published in Pharmaceutical News,Volume 5 Number 5 - 1998
Commercial ITA Biomedical Experiment (CIBX) Experiment flies in SpaceHab on STS-95
ITA signs agreement with Kistler Aerospace to fly in 2002 from Australia.
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