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
2026-10-08
- Time
- Room
- 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: Prof. Vladimir Pletser, Blue Abyss, United Kingdom;
Order | Time | Paper title | Mode | Presentation status | Speaker | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10:15 | MARA: Investigating the Feasibility of Core-Drilling for ISRU in Reduced Gravity | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Elias Åkerlund Simpson | Luleå University of Technology | Sweden |
2 | 10:30 | 15 | confirmed | Prof. Nikolaus Kuhn | University of Basel, Department of Environmental Sciences | Switzerland | |
3 | 10:45 | 15 | confirmed | Mr. George Butt | Concordia University | Canada | |
4 | 11:00 | 15 | confirmed | Ms. Feng Zhu | NML, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | |
5 | 11:15 | microgravity particle dynamics: technical insights from the gmetal microgravity experiment | 15 | confirmed | Ms. Nuray Zeynep Uludağ | Türkiye | |
6 | 11:30 | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Felipe Portela Aguilar de Oliveira | Brazil | ||
7 | 11:45 | 15 | confirmed | Mr. Nick Gomori | The Ohio State University | United States | |
8 | 12:00 | Feasibility and Observations of Cracking Raw Eggs in Reduced Gravity | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Norah Patten | International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS) | Ireland |
9 | 12:15 | 15 | confirmed | Ms. Basuti Bolo | African Space Institute / Universities Space Research Association / NASA | Zimbabwe | |
10 | 12:30 | 15 | confirmed | Ms. Mami Sasamura | United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs | Austria |