DR. DELUCAS WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (DR. ROY JOSEPH) WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PURIFYING PROTEIN FOR THE SPX-10 MISSION AND SUBSEQUENTLY PERFORMING A PORTION OF THE CRYSTAL ANALYSIS (MASS SPECTROMETRY AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY) ON THE CRYSTALS GROWN ON THE ISS AND IN LABORATORY GROUND CONTROL EXPERIMENTS. DR. DELUCAS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INITIAL OPERATION OF THE CONFOCAL FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPE IN THE LIGHT MICROSCOPY MODULE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (WITH SUPPORT FROM NASA AND CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL). THIS WILL INVOLVE DR. DELUCAS TRAVELING TO CLEVELAND OH FOR A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 1 WEEK AFTER THE SCHEDULED LAUNCH DATE OF FEBRUARY 15 2017. HE WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING A 30-DAY AND FINAL SCIENTIFIC REPORT TO NASA ADDRESSING THE RESULTS OF THE FLIGHT AND GROUND CONTROL EXPERIMENTS. A SECOND FLIGHT WILL OCCUR IN 2018 AND DR. DELUCAS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAME DUTIES AS OUTLINED ABOVE FOR THE INITIAL FLIGHT.