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session 3

Title: Microgravity Experiments from Sub-orbital to Orbital Platforms
type: oral
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: 2011-10-05
Time: 15:00
Room: TS-16

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1		DLR Material Physics Rocket MAPHEUS: Development, Experiment Overview and Research	15	withdrawn	Mr. Martin Siegl	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)	Germany
2		The first joint european partial-g parabolic flight campaign: a joint approach between esa, cnes and dlr to conduct science and to prepare exploration at moon and mars gravity levels	15	confirmed	Dr. Martin Zell	European Space Agency (ESA)	The Netherlands
3		Carbon nanotubes experiment in microgravity	15	confirmed	Dr. Alessandro La Neve	Centro Universitário da FEI	Brazil
4		Robust reaction control of space manipulators: theory and simulated microgravity tests	15	confirmed	Dr. Silvio Cocuzza	CISAS – “G. Colombo” Center of Studies and Activities for Space, University of Padova	Italy
5		Micro-gravity experiments of temperature gradient induced dust ejections from planetary surfaces onboard a parabolic flight	15	withdrawn	Mr. Tim Jankowski	University of Duisburg-Essen	Germany
6		Investigation to Determine Rotational Stability of On-Orbit Propellant Storage and Transfer Systems Undergoing Operational Fuel Transfer Scenarios	15	withdrawn	Mr. Nathan Silvernail	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	United States
7		REXUS 12 Suaineadh Experiment: Deployment of a web in mircogravity conditions using centrifugal forces	15	confirmed	Mr. Thomas Sinn	University of Strathclyde/Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory	United Kingdom
8		the platform for acquisition of acceleration data ii (paanda ii) – an instrument to monitor residual accelerations in microgravity environments	15	withdrawn	Prof. Marcelo C. Tosin	Universidade Estadual de Londrina	Brazil
9		Heater-induced thermal effects on the drag free Test Masses of LISA Pathfinder	15	withdrawn	Mr. Ferran Gibert Gutiérrez	Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)	Spain
10		The Microgravity Missions in Brazilian Institute of Aeronautics and Space.	15	withdrawn	Mr. Flávio de Azevedo Corrêa Jr	Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço (IAE)	Brazil
11		Sounding rockets: a special platform for microgravity research	15	confirmed	Mr. Antonio Verga	European Space Agency (ESA)	The Netherlands
12		Technology development for fundamental physics space missions aiming at high precision gravitational field measurements	15	confirmed	Mr. Hanns Selig	ZARM University of Bremen	Germany