News tagged with gravity conditions
UW-Madison zero-gravity team finds spray cooling works in space
Jul 08, 2008 |
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For the 10th consecutive year, University of Wisconsin-Madison students have found themselves floating upside down over the Gulf of Mexico.
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GOCE gravity satellite moves to launch pad
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Mar 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With liftoff just five days away, ESA's GOCE spacecraft - encased in the protective half-shells of the launcher fairing - has been transported from the cleanroom and installed in the launch ...
NASA Uses Vertical Treadmill to Improve Astronaut Health in Space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2008 |
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NASA is using a new treadmill that allows people to run while suspended horizontally to help astronauts prepare for long-duration missions to the moon and beyond.
Micro-gravity a health hazard for astronauts: research
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Oct 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UNSW researchers may have pinpointed the cause of muscle wasting and bone-density loss experienced by astronauts who fly lengthy missions under the weightless conditions of space.
Plant growth experiment starts in Columbus
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Feb 29, 2008 |
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ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts has activated the first experiment inside the European Columbus laboratory. The WAICO experiment, which investigates the effect of gravity on plant root growth, has started inside ...
GOCE satellite achieves drag-free perfection (w/Videos)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's gravity mission GOCE has achieved a first in the history of satellite technology. The sophisticated electric propulsion system has shown that it is able to keep the satellite completely ...
Taking space in stride: New analysis could lead to better lunar, Mars spacesuits (w/ Video)
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Aug 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has watched videos of the Apollo astronauts moving across the surface of the moon has noticed the unusual loping gait they sometimes adopted and their slow, almost graceful, movements. Now a new ...
Mice Levitated for Space Research
Sep 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have managed to levitate young mice in research carried out for NASA. Levitated mice may help research on bone density loss during long exposures to low gravity, such as in space ...
Bouncing atoms may be the key to the future of gravimetry
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When studying cold atoms, scientists often use magnetic or optical traps to keep the atoms in place. However, in some cases experimentalists want to study free atoms, avoiding the effects of a trap. "One ...
NASA Buying Microgravity Flights from Zero-G
Jun 15, 2005 |
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NASA researchers will conduct experiments later this year on two near-weightless flights operated by the Zero Gravity (Zero-G) Corporation of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Learning How Materials Work in Space to Make Them Better on Earth
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Sep 17, 2009 |
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What's about the size of a large refrigerator, weighs a ton and may help pave the way for new and improved metals or glasses here on Earth? It's the Materials Science Research Rack -- a new laboratory on board ...
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