Life in Space: NASA Life Sciences Research duri. (author)**

University Press of Florida

Life in SpaceNASA Life Sciences Research During the Late Twentieth Century\nAuthor(s): Maura Phillips Mackowski\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University Press of Florida, United States\nImprint: University Press of Florida\nISBN-13: 9781683402602, 978-1683402602\nSynopsis\nLife in Space explores the many aspects and outcomes of NASAs research in life sciences, a little-understood endeavor that has often been overlooked in histories of the space agency. Maura Mackowski details NASAs work in this field from spectacular promises made during the Reagan era to the major new directions set by George W. Bushs Vision for Space Exploration in the early twenty-first century.\n\nAt the first flight of NASAs space shuttle in 1981, hopes ran high for the shuttle program to achieve its potential of regularly transporting humans, cargo, and scientific experiments between Earth and the International Space Station. Mackowski describes different programs, projects, and policies initiated across NASA c.