IAF Digital Library

3

session 3

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: 2019-10-23
Time: 14:45
Room: 143C

IPC members

Co-Chair: Prof. Raffaele Savino, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy;
Co-Chair: Prof. Rainer Willnecker, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany;
Rapporteur: Dr. Peter Hofmann, OHB System AG - Munich, Germany;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	14:45	An Investigation of the Laboratory-Based and Microgravity Centrifugal Casting of Paraffin Wax	15	confirmed	Dr. Javier Stober	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	United States
2	15:00	Experimental Investigation of Drop Evaporation in Microgravity onboard Chinese Satellite SJ10	15	no-show	Prof. Qiu-Sheng Liu	Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences	China
3	15:15	Gravity and direction of body acceleration influence perception of distances during a parabolic flight.	15	withdrawn	Mr. Nuno Loureiro		Portugal
4	15:30	Space experimental stady on the volume ratio effect and transition processes of thermocapillary convection	15	no-show	Prof. Qi Kang	National Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.	China
5	15:45	Can frozen sperm samples withstand being sent to space? Considering the creation of a sperm bank outside Earth.	15	confirmed	Prof. Antoni Perez-Poch	Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC BarcelonaTech)	Spain
6	16:00	The Pathway to Launch the MAIUS-2/3 Payload on a Sounding Rocket	15	confirmed	Mr. Michael Elsen	ZARM University of Bremen	Germany
7	16:15	Preliminary results from HEDGEHOG REXUS Project – sounding rocket experiment on accelerations, vibrations and heat flow	15	confirmed	Mr. Karol Pelzner		Poland
8	16:30	Validation of a new mass gauging method for electric propulsion tanks on-board the 70th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign	15	no-show	Mr. Álvaro Tomás Soria Salinas	Luleå University of Technology	Sweden
9	16:45	Simulating the Intermediate Axis Theorem using Matlab and Autodesk Fusion 360	15	confirmed	Mr. Nathan Bane		United States
10	17:00	Developing Smart Payload Servicing Modules for Suborbital Space Servicing	15	withdrawn	Mr. Hamed Gamal		Czech Republic
11	17:15	A Design and Performance Evaluation of Passive Microgravity Sensor	15	confirmed	Mr. Prapanpong Damsongsaeng	Space Zab Company	Thailand