Fluid Science Laboratory On Board ISS: FASES experiment operations and results
- Paper number
IAC-14,A2,6,11,x26241
- Coauthor
Dr. Dario Castagnolo, Telespazio S.p.A., Italy
- Coauthor
Prof. Libero Liggeri, CNR- Istituto per l’Energetica e le Interfasi, Italy
- Coauthor
Prof. Mickael Antoni, Aix-Marseille Université - UMR/CNRS 7246 MADIREL, France
- Coauthor
Dr. Murielle Schmitt, Aix-Marseille Université - UMR/CNRS 7246 MADIREL, France
- Coauthor
Prof. Danièle Clausse, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
- Coauthor
Prof. Isabelle Pezron, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
- Coauthor
Dr. Carlo Albanese, Telespazio S.p.A., Italy
- Coauthor
Dr. Giuseppe De Chiara, Telespazio S.p.A., Italy
- Coauthor
Dr. Giuseppe Di Costanzo, Telespazio S.p.A., Italy
- Coauthor
Prof.Dr. Marcello Lappa, Telespazio S.p.A., Italy
- Coauthor
Dr. Mariana Scognamiglio, Telespazio S.p.A., Italy
- Coauthor
Dr. Stefano Temepsta, Telespazio S.p.A., Italy
- Year
2014
- Abstract
FSL is a multi-user facility laboratory for conducting fluid physics research in microgravity conditions. It can be operated in fully- or in semi-automatic mode and can be controlled on board by the ISS Astronauts, or from ground MARS control center. This laboratory allows scientist to execute fluid dynamic experiments using complex optical diagnostics. This paper reports on operations carried out during the ISS Increment 35-36 and 37-38, to support the FASES experiment, providing reader with considerations on how the operations are planned and then executed on a 24 hour basis, on how the amount of data generated are downlinked to ground and then correlated and processed so to allow the science team to plan runs on a weekly basis. Details about FASES Experiment Procedures (EPs) running autonomously on the FSL master Control Unit are illustrated ; the interaction between MARS USOC ground team and the Science Team located at their User Home Basis (UHB) is also provided. An overall screening of FASES preliminary scientific results is illustrated eventually.
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