Payloads flying aboard STS-63 included the Cryo Systems Experiment ( CSE ), the Shuttle Glow ( GLO-2 ) experiment, Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Spheres ( ODERACS-2 ), the Solid Surface Combustion Experiment ( SSCE ), the Air Force Maui Optical Site Calibration Test ( AMOS ) and the Midcourse Space Experiment ( MSX ).
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The primary payload was the ESA-built Coupon ( ISAC ), Chromosome and Plant Cell Division Experiment ( CHROMEX ), Voice Command System ( VCS ), Solid Surface Combustion Experiment ( SSCE ), Investigations into Polymer Membrane Processing ( IPMP ), Physiological Systems Experiment ( PSE ), Radiation Monitoring Experiment III ( RME III ), Shuttle Student Involvement Program ( SSIP ) and Air Force Maui Optical Site ( AMOS ).
Other middeck payloads to test the effects of microgravity included the Commercial General Bioprocessing Apparatus ( CGPA ) for-life sciences research; the Chromosome and Plant Cell Division in Space Experiment ( CHROMEX ) to-study plant growth; the Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment ( PARE ) to examine the skeletal system and the adaptation of bone to space flight; the Space Acceleration Measurement Equipment ( SAMS ) to measure and record the microgravity acceleration environment of middeck experiments; and the Solid Surface Combustion Experiment ( SSCE ) to measure the rate of flame spread and temperature of burning filter paper.
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Middeck experiments included : Biological Research in Canister ( BRIC ) experiment to investigate effects of spaceflight on plant specimens; Military Application of Ship Tracks ( MAST ) to take high-resolution imagery of ship tracks and to analyze wake formation and dissipations; Solid Surface Combustion Experiment ( SSCE ) to supply information on flame propagation over fuels in space; Radiation Monitoring Equipment III ( RME III ) to measure ionizing radiation; Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment II ( SAREX II ) to demonstrate feasibility of short-wave radio contacts between orbiter and ground-based amateur radio operators; and Air Force Maui Optical Station ( AMOS ) test, which required no onboard hardware.
