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session 5

Title: Facilities and Operations of Microgravity Experiments
type: oral
Description: This session is devoted to new diagnosis developments, the design and definition of new instruments and space platforms, and the concepts for future ground and flight operation (telescience, robotics, hardware & software).
Date: 2026-10-09
Time: 10:15
Room: G1

IPC members

Co-Chair: Prof. Qiu-Sheng Liu, Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;
Co-Chair: Mr. Remi Canton, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	10:15	Life Science Experiment System on Chinese Space Station	20	confirmed	Prof. Zhang Tao	Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)	China
2	10:35	An improved design for human interfacing of payload platforms aboard the Starlab Space Station for increased efficiency of research operations in low-Earth orbit.	15	confirmed	Mr. Nick Gomori	The Ohio State University	United States
3	10:50	Performance Studies of ZARM’s GraviTower for Experiments in Microgravity and Partial-Gravity Conditions	15	confirmed	Dr. Thorben Könemann	ZARM Fab GmbH	Germany
4	11:05	IOSLAB: A Plug-and-Play In-Orbit Servicing Laboratory for Accessible Microgravity Research and Technology Development	15	confirmed	Ms. Maria Casanovas Crespo	SAB Launch Services srl	Spain
5	11:20	Reduced-Gravity Seed Germination in a Mars Analog Setting Using a Rotational Positioning Apparatus	15	confirmed	Ms. Saranya Ravva	Purdue University	United States
7	11:35	Mini Fluorescence Microscope: From Early Generations to Flight and Future Missions	12	confirmed	Ms. Kiira Tiensuu	Aboa Space Research Oy	Finland
8	11:47	Enabling mass adoption of microgravity for research and manufacturing through pre-qualified payload containers	12		Mr. Guillaume Brault	Team Tumbleweed	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
9	11:59	Design orientation for microgravity	12	confirmed	Dr. Barbara Brownie	Royal College of Art	United Kingdom
10	12:11	dexterous grasping for space robots in microgravity via learning-enabled hand control	12	confirmed	Mr. Shengyun Zhao	Beihang University	China