Shared Experiences in Space

George Pantalos & Rob Ferl

April 7, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

www.nasa.gov

NASA Flight Opportunities

Session will start at 10 a.m. PT – Please mute your microphone and turn off your camera

Community of Practice Webinar Series – April 7, 2021

George Pantalos, Ph. D., University of Louisville

Rob Ferl, Ph.D., University of Florida

Shared Experiences in Space: 

Learning from Each Other in the Suborbital Flight Community

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

Welcome to the Community of Practice Webinar Series!

First, a bit of housekeeping...

• Please mute your microphone and turn off your camera

• Today’s session will be recorded

• Recordings for all sessions will be posted on the Flight Opportunities website

• Please engage!

• Use the chat throughout the session to ask questions

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Shared Experiences in Space

George Pantalos & Rob Ferl

April 7, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

Flight Opportunities Mission

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The Flight Opportunities program facilitates rapid 

demonstration of promising technologies for 

space exploration, discovery, and the expansion 

of space commerce through suborbital testing 

with industry flight providers.

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

Today’s Speakers

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George Pantalos

Professor | Cardiovascular & Thoracic 

Surgery, Bioengineering 

University of Louisville

Robert Ferl

Distinguished Professor | Horticultural Sciences

Assistant Vice President for Research

University of Florida

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Shared Experiences in Space

George Pantalos & Rob Ferl

April 7, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

www.nasa.gov

NASA Flight Opportunities

Community of Practice

George Pantalos, Ph.D. | April 2021

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Shared Experiences in Space

George Pantalos & Rob Ferl

April 7, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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Shared Experiences in Space

George Pantalos & Rob Ferl

April 7, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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Opportunities for Reduced Gravity

● Drop Tower: 2-5 seconds 

● Parabolic Flight: 15-20 seconds

● Suborbital Flight: 3 - 5 minutes

● Low Earth Orbit: days to years

● Lunar Surface: days to years

● Interplanetary: years

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Shared Experiences in Space

George Pantalos & Rob Ferl

April 7, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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Shared Experiences in Space

George Pantalos & Rob Ferl

April 7, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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Multi-Function Surgical Device

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Shared Experiences in Space

George Pantalos & Rob Ferl

April 7, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

www.nasa.gov

NASA Flight Opportunities

Community of Practice

Rob Ferl, Ph.D. | April 2021

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Shared Experiences in Space

George Pantalos & Rob Ferl

April 7, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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Shared Experiences in Space

George Pantalos & Rob Ferl

April 7, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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Sensing

Stimulus from 

the Environment

Measurable 

product made

Coding

Imaging	gene	expression

The	Biosensor

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Bringing	tools	together...	

Ground Control Flight

DR5::GFP Reporter

DR5 GFP

ARFs

ARF23

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Auxin 

mediated 

signals

ARFs –Auxin Response Factors

they bind to

ARE – Auxin Response Element

common in numerous auxinmediated genes

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Shared Experiences in Space

George Pantalos & Rob Ferl

April 7, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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Shared Experiences in Space

George Pantalos & Rob Ferl

April 7, 2021

Community of Practice Webinar Series

NASA Flight Opportunities

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

Join us for future Community of Practice webinars!

Effectively Preparing for Flight

Paul De Leon, Flight Opportunities Campaign Manager

Annie Meier, Ph.D., NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Brett Streetman, Ph.D., Draper

May 5 at 10 a.m. PST

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Future webinars

• Webinars are held 1st Wednesday of each 

month at 10 a.m. PT

• Topics will be announced in the Flight 

Opportunities newsletter and website

• Session recordings will be posted on the 

Flight Opportunities website

• Let us know session topics you would like 

to see covered

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NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

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Thank you! 

Flight Opportunities website: 

http://nasa.gov/flightopportunities

Contact us:

NASA-FlightOpportunities@mail.nasa.gov

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