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    Title

    Microgravity Experiments from Sub-orbital to Orbital Platforms

    Description

    This session presents recent results of microgravity experiments from all disciplines using different microgravity platforms, including drop towers, parabolic aircrafts, sounding rockets and capsules.

    Date

    2008-09-30

    Time

    15:00

    Room

    Gala 1

    IPC members
    • Chairman: Prof. Ziad Saghir, Ryerson University, Canada;

    • Chairman: Prof. Raffaele Savino, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy;

    • Rapporteur: Prof. Vladimir Pletser, Blue Abyss, United Kingdom;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    15:00

    Metal Foam Experiment with X-ray Diagnostics and its Flight on the Microgravity Rocket Maser 11

    presentation

    Mr. Per Holm

    Sweden

    2

    15:00

    MARCUS: Moon and Mars Gravity in a LEO Satellite

    presentation

    Mr. Jerome Pearson

    Star Technology and Research, Inc.

    United States

    3

    15:00

    Achievements in ESA's Physical Science Programme: basic research and applications.

    presentation

    Dr. Marc Heppener

    European Space Agency (ESA)

    France

    4

    15:00

    FSL Experiment GeoFlow for Geophysical Motivated Convective Phenomena

    presentation

    Prof. Christoph Egbers

    Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus-Senftenberg

    Germany

    5

    15:00

    European-Russian joint experiments on semiconductor crystal growth aboard the Foton-M3

    presentation

    Dr. Alexander Senchenkov

    Research and Development Institute for Launch Complexes (NIISK)

    Russian Federation

    6

    15:00

    MARANGONI HEAT PIPES: AN EXPERIMENT ONBARD MIOSAT ITALIAN MICROSATELLITE

    presentation

    Prof. Raffaele Savino

    University of Naples "Federico II"

    Italy

    7

    15:00

    Solidification of intermetallic Ni-Al alloy melts under reduced gravity conditions during parabolic flight experiments: promising results for MSL-EML onboard the ISS

    presentation

    Dr. Sven Reutzel

    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

    Germany

    8

    15:00

    investigation of evaporation process of drop on plate under microgravity conditions

    presentation

    Prof. Jingchang Xie

    Chinese Academy of Sciences

    China

    9

    15:00

    optimal kinematic control of redundant space robotic systems for orbital maintenance: simulated microgravity tests

    presentation

    Dr. Silvio Cocuzza

    CISAS – “G. Colombo” Center of Studies and Activities for Space, University of Padova

    Italy

    10

    15:00

    Initial Results from NASA's FAST Project -- Advancing Technology using Commercial Parabolic Flight Services

    presentation

    Mr. Douglas Comstock

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

    United States

    12

    15:00

    Aerobatic Flight: an innovative access to microgravity from a centennial sport

    discussion

    Prof. Antoni Perez-Poch

    Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC)

    Spain