Unpaid Overtime

Newbies
Proposal research and development - 48 hours
Funding proposals - 12 hours
 
At Duke
Spring Semester Laboratory time - 400+ hours
Experimental Box construction after classes ended - 40+ hours
 
Flight Week
Cell culture pre-flight at Johnson Space Center (JSC) - 20+ hours
Cell culture at JSC on flight dates- 8+ hours
Box safety adjustments pre-flight weekend - 20+ hours

Flight
Total Flight Time - 1.9 hours
Total Time in Microgravity ~ 12 minutes
Total Time in Lunar Gravity ~ 23 seconds
Total Time in Martian Gravity ~ 23 seconds

Post-Flight
Clean-up - 5+ hours
Cell staining - 3+ hours
Retaining mental images of seeing the horizon at 45 degrees- Forever

So in short: well worth the price of admission.

Now excuse me while I sleep and let the Scop-Dex wear off ... more details after my head comes down 20 feet.