NASA Selects 6 Proposals to Provide New Insights From Openly Available Data in the Physical Sciences Informatics System
NASA’s Physical Sciences Research Program has selected six ground-based proposals in response to the Physical Science Informatics System call for proposals. This program element is part of Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences – 2022 (ROSES-2022) solicitation. These six research projects, involving recognized experts in the fields of biophysics, combustion science, complex fluids, fluid physics, and materials science, will use data contained in the PSI system and build on prior reduced-gravity research to advance fundamental research in the physical sciences.
Researchers will investigate important problems with existing data from NASA’s Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI) system. The online database contains data from completed physical science reduced-gravity flight experiments conducted on the International Space Station, Space Shuttle flights, free flying spacecraft, commercial cargo flights to and from the space station, or from related ground-based studies.
The Physical Sciences Research Program is managed by the Biological and Physical Sciences Division in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. This program conducts fundamental and applied physical sciences research, with the objective of pioneering scientific discovery, enabling space exploration, and providing benefits on Earth. Both types of research have led to improved space systems or new products on Earth. The program furthers fundamental research by investigating the laws of the universe and physical phenomena in the absence of gravity. The program also conducts applied research, which contributes to the basic understanding of underlying space exploration technologies that will further our return to the Moon and our journey to Mars and beyond.
The full text of the announcement, which includes the complete list of the selected proposals, principal investigators and organizations, can be found at:
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/biological-physical/nasa-selects-6-proposals-to-provide-new-insights-from-openly-available-data-in-the-physical-informatics-system
