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SSC microgravity sounding rocket program MASER.

Abstract

The Swedish Microgravity Sounding Rocket program MASER is presented. Especially the MASER 1 payload is depicted, but also an outlook for the future possibilities within the Short Duration Flight Opportunities is given. Furthermore the coordination and relation with the German TEXUS program is touched upon. With the two TEXUS and MASER programs--possibly together with other fascinating projects like M-ARIES and MG-M-ARIANNE--the microgravity scientific community in Europe should get reasonable amounts of flight opportunities in preparation for the big space venture the European Space Station.

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R Jonsson. 1988. SSC microgravity sounding rocket program MASER.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11542956/

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