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FSB-1 PROJECT SSBRP INCUBATOR AND CELL CULTURE UNIT EXPERIMENTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.  K. Sato¹, K. Gibbs¹, P. Larenas¹, M. Kirven-Brooks¹, J. Rask¹, D. Santiago¹, and D. Reiss-Bubenheim².  ¹Lockheed Martin and ²NASA, NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

   The FSB-1 Project will deliver the first set of Space Station Biological Research Project (SSBRP) habitats and the Habitat Holding Rack to ISS for use by the life sciences research community.  Two Incubators will be delivered at the beginning of an ISS Increment followed by the delivery of the Cell Culture Unit (CCU) during mid-Increment.  These habitats will provide the first long-duration study of model organisms, including S. cerevisiae (yeast) and C. elegans, in a space environment.  The first Incubator experiment will utilize the yeast model system.  Wild-type and mutant yeast will be cultured within specimen holders, such as an OptiCell, and then returned to Earth alive.  This experiment will be followed by a long duration C. elegans experiment.  This long duration experiment includes video recordings (behavior and movement), subculturing, specimen freezing, and nucleic acid and protein preservation.  The C. elegans from the final growth cycle will be returned to Earth alive. The first CCU experiment is in definition.  The CCU has capabilities that allow video microscopy, subculturing, sampling, chilling, and fixative addition.  A description of the SSBRP habitats and the goals, objectives, design of the FSB-1 Project flight experiments will be presented.