NEW BIOTECHNOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT GREENHOUSE SVET-2 FOR THE MIR-SHUTTLE-95 MISSION

The new 'Greenhouse SVET-2' experiment is a Russian-American-Bulgarian Experiment planned for the Spacelab-Mir-1 (SLM-1) mission in 1995. It includes two plantings, desigened (1) to test the capability of the B ulgarian ''SVET'' space greenhouse with the American SIS to grow a cro p of wheat from seed to seed for 120 days, and (2) to provide green pl ant material for post flight analysis. The 'Greenhouse SVET-2' experim ent was prepared by the Russian crew (January and February 95) and con tinued by the American astronaut (from March to June 95). The plant sa mples and root modules used during the experiment will be returned to Earth on the SHUTTLE.