Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- OUTPOST CONCEPT: A Transportation and Service Platform in Low-Earth Orbit -- Columbus Polar Platform: Concept Evolution and Current Status -- User Accommodations on Space Station Freedom -- Planning for Space Station Freedom Laboratory Payload Integration -- Space Station Application of Lessons Learned from Space Shuttle Integrated Operational Prototypes -- Low-Gravity Materials Experiments in the Space Station Freedom -- Preparation of Synthetic Polymer Membranes in a Microgravity Environment -- Multiple Experiment Processing Furnace - Crystal Growth Facility -- Modular Containerless Processing Facility -- Dynamics of Surface Tension in Microgravity Environment -- Containerless Processing Using Electromagnetic Levitation -- Review of Drop Tube and Drop Tower Facilities and Research -- Low-Cost Low-Volume Carrier (Minilab) for Biotechnology and Fluids Experiments in Low Gravity -- Cell Separation and Electrofusion in Space -- Red Cell Membrane Under Zero Gravity: Interpretation of ARC Experiment on STS51-C -- Glass Preparation Under Microgravity -- Acoustic Levitation for High Temperature Containerless Processing in Space -- Containerless Processing of Fluoride Glass -- China Can Conduct Materials Processing and Experiments in Space Microgravity -- Japanese Approach to the Space Station -- Japan's Space Development Activities for the Practical Application Field -- Space Station Freedom - Optimized to Support Microgravity Research and Earth Observations -- Opportunities for the Small Space Entrepreneur: A Guide to Strategic Planning -- ORBITEC: Orbital Technology Demonstration Program -- Development of a Microgravity Experiment: Experiences of a Scientist from a Developing Country -- Author Index for Volume 127.