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Modification of the Research Animal Holding Facility (RAHF) to Support Nursing Rats and Their Litters During Spaceflight
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The Research Animal Holding Facility (RAHF) is a spaceflight-qualified hardware system for housing adult rats. The Neurolab Space Shuttle mission, targeted for February 1998 on STS-89, will include neuroscience experiments involving nursing rat dams and neonates (newborn rats). Rat neonates have never been previously flown for spaceflight experimentation, and they present unique life support, science, and engineering challenges in the Spacelab microgravity environment. Modifications of the RAHF (with an associated comprehensive testing program, including spaceflight) are currently underway at NASA Ames Research Center (ARC), in order to add to the RAHF the capability of supporting nursing dams and neonates in preparation for Neurolab.
Authors
- Phillip K. Lane - Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co.
- Louis H. Ostrach - Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co.
- Shari Rodriguez - Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co.
- Jennifer Kwong - Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co.
- Thomas Howerton - Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co.
- Luke Sing - Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co.
- Brian Gonzales - Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co.
- William E. Hinds - NASA Ames Research Center
- David Mayer - NASA Ames Research Center
- A. Christopher Maese - NASA Ames Research Center
- Gerald Mulenburg - NASA Ames Research Center
Citation
Lane, P., Ostrach, L., Rodriguez, S., Kwong, J. et al., "Modification of the Research Animal Holding Facility (RAHF) to Support Nursing Rats and Their Litters During Spaceflight," SAE Technical Paper 951478, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/951478.Also In
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