The National Center For Microgravity Research NASA s space program and related national initiatives, (2) support NASA in project development and the evolution of experiments for microgravity research in http://www.ncmr.org/
Extractions: Search Links Employment ... Contact Us Our Mission is to (1) perform critical path research in fluids and combustion to support NASA's space program and related national initiatives, (2) support NASA in project development and the evolution of experiments for microgravity research in fluids and combustion, and (3) increase awareness of microgravity research and enhance its scientific, technological, educational, and economic impacts. Internal Page
Sixth International Microgravity Combustion Workshop Email Webmaster, The workshop will be hosted by the NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field and the National Center for microgravity Research on Fluids and http://www.ncmr.org/events/combustion2001/
Extractions: NCMR Home The Proceedings of the Sixth International Combustion Workshop have been produced and compiled by the NASA Glenn Research Center. The Proceedings are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and will require the Acrobat Reader software. The Proceedings file is 66,284 KB and download time will be dependent upon your particular connection speed to the internet. 2001 Combustion Workshop Proceedings Requests for hard copies or CD-Rom versions of these proceedings should be directed to Christine Gorecki Email Webmaster The workshop will be hosted by the NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field and the National Center for Microgravity Research on Fluids and Combustion.
MSD Educational Pages Newsletter Subscription Form. Explanations of Gravity and microgravity. microgravity Activities. microgravity Photo Gallery. Space Laboratories. Space News. Science Fiction or Fact. Space Organizations. Teacher Organizations. Miscellaneous alias) to receive periodic announcements on microgravity education, and your Zip Code (or http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/new/school.htm
Center For Advanced Studies In The Space Life Sciences Increase awareness of NASA's Life Sciences Program within the science community and to examine and discuss potential uses of microgravity and other aspects of spaceflight. http://www.mbl.edu/CASSLS/
Extractions: Center for Advanced Studies in the Space Life Sciences at the Marine Biological Laboratory About CASSLS Center Overview Related Links Including NASA Workshops CASSLS People Links to CASSLS staff and associates Education and Outreach Teacher workshop and related links CASSLS Publications Reprints of CASSLS publications are available Administrator: Diana E. Jennings, Ph.D. (f/k/a Diana Blazis)
National Center For Microgravity Research (NCMR) On Fluids And National Center for microgravity Research (NCMR) on Fluids and Combustion This Internet site explores areas of research involving fluids physics, combustion physics, and biological processes on http://rdre1.inktomi.com/click?u=http://www.ncmr.org/&y=0203E05BFD276F18&
Spacelink - Microgravity Demonstrator The microgravity Demonstrator is a tool designed by NASA engineers to demonstrate and teach principles of microgravity science and relationships to science and http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/NASA.Educational.Products/Micr
Extractions: Where am I? NASA Spacelink Home The Library Instructional Materials NASA Educational Products Microgravity Demonstrator The Microgravity Demonstrator is a tool designed by NASA engineers to demonstrate and teach principles of microgravity science and relationships to science and math. The manual provides instructions for building a microgravity demonstrator and includes classroom activities. If you have any questions relating to this project, please send them to the following email address: Danny.R.Woodard@nasa.gov Related Materials on Spacelink: Instructional Materials: Microgravity - Conducting research in microgravity allows scientists to explore the details of many materials' processes by studying phenomena normally obscured by gravity. Follow links from this page to microgravity educational resources. Instructional Materials: Wireless Drop Tower for Microgravity Demonstrations - This NASA educational brief for grades 9-12 provides assembly instructions for a mini drop tower. The drop tower holds demonstration payloads, such as a postage scale, a birthday candle or an oil-drop toy.
BMCD Release 2.00 contains crystal data and the crystallization conditions, which have been compiled from literature. In addition the BMCD contains the NASA Protein Crystal Growth Archive, which includes the crystallization data generated from studies carried out in a microgravity environment supported by NASA. http://wwwbmcd.nist.gov:8080/bmcd/bmcd.html
Microgravity Combustion Science A NASAGlenn Research Center site devoted to microgravity and combustion science experiments. http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/combustion/index.htm
Extractions: Home Page Combustion physicsthe science of fireis an important area of study within NASA, especially at Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Scientists and researchers from NASA, academia, and private industry conduct experiments in microgravity (also called "low gravity") in order to learn more about fundamental combustion phenomena. The more we know about fire, the more we can control it and save lives, property and money. The research performed in the Microgravity Science Division at NASA Glenn has two primary goals: Protect and improve the quality of life for astronauts in space Use the results of our studies to improve and control combustion processes on Earth How Significant is Combustion to the U.S.?
Extractions: Advanced Human Support Technology Biomedical Research/Countermeasures Biomolecular Physics/Chemistry Biotechnology/Earth-based Applications ... Space Product Development Fundamental Microgravity Research in the Physical Sciences combines cutting-edge experimental facilities with long-duration access to low-Earth orbit and beyond to overcome gravity-induced limitations and to enable new scientific discoveries. The program is sponsoring multi-disciplinary research in fundamental and applied sciences, addressing the details of physical and chemical processes in both non-living as well as biological systems. The ground-based and flight research drives technological innovation for space exploration and Earth-based applications. Elements in the program include combustion science, fluid physics and engineering, fundamental physics, and materials science. Guiding the research in all of these fields are three major goals of the program: to build and sustain a fundamental research program enabled by the space environment, to create a knowledge base to enable future exploration mission technologies, and to return tangible value from the nation's investment in space. In addition to flight-based research, there is a strong ground-based program carrying out leading-edge research in all the above mentioned disciplines. The program supports experimental, theoretical, and numerical modeling activities to develop the foundation for a rigorous and productive flight-based program.
Vladimir Baulin: CNES - LDFC - ULP - Strasbourg Postdoc at CNES LDFC - CNRS, Strasbourg, France. Research in soft matter physics, polymers and liquid crystals, aerospace and microgravity research. http://www-ldfc.u-strasbg.fr/baulin/
Tulane Environmental Astrobiology Center The joint venture between Tulane Medical Center and NASA studies the effects of space travel upon the human body as well as the use of microgravity to study basic biological phenomena. http://www.tmc.tulane.edu/astrobiology/
Extractions: Under the auspices of: Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research Tulane University Medical School, Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology V.A. Medical Center, New Orleans LA Department of Veterans Affairs The Tulane Environmental Astrobiology Center is located in the J. Bennett Johnston Building on the Tulane University School of Medicine campus in the heart of downtown New Orleans. What is astrobiology? Astrobiology is the study of life in the universe. One aspect of this includes the effects of space travel upon the human body as well as the use of microgravity to study basic biological phenomena. Current Research Projects Mir Experiment NASA Liaisons/Astronaut Corps Scientific Advisory Board ... Search this Site Contact Tim Hammond (thammond@tulane.edu) with administrative questions. Or you can reach us by U.S. Postal Service at Tulane University Medical Center; 1430 Tulane Avenue, SL-45; New Orleans, LA 70112. Last modified: Thursday, January 04, 2001, 10:42.
CADMOS Website Home Page Features overview of a French center for microgravity experiments and space station utilization. Includes list of past missions. http://cadmos.cnes.fr/home.html
Extractions: Research under microgravity conditions has been undertaken in Europe for the past 15 years, both through ESA's microgravity programmes and initiatives at national level. The past and present research programmes highlight high microgravity can be a useful and unique tool for the study of physical, chemical and biological processes that are important in science, engineering and technology. ESA develops multi-user experiment facilities needed to perform microgravity research in space by the various user communities (life sciences, physical sciences, material sciences, etc.) ESA develops the spacecraft on which these facilities can fly (e.g. Spacelab, Columbus) or provides flight opportunities for these facilities on spacecraft of other space agencies or industrial contractors (e.g. Foton, sounding rockets, Spacehab, US Laboratory of the International Space Station) ESA, in so-called "Announcements of Opportunity" informs the interested user community about the availability of experiment facilities on space missions or on the ground (drop towers, zero-g aircraft) and calls for experiment proposals
Microgravity Research Program - What Is Microgravity Understanding Gravity and microgravity Brief periods of microgravity can be achieved on Earth by dropping objects from tall structures. http://microgravity.nasa.gov/wimg.html
Extractions: made to orbit the Earth. Gravity is such an accepted part of our lives that we rarely think about it even though it affects everything we do. Any time we drop or throw something and watch it fall to the ground, we see gravity in action. Although gravity is a universal force, there are times when it is not desirable to conduct scientific research under its full influence. In these cases, scientists perform their experiments in microgravity - a condition in which the effects of gravity are greatly reduced, sometimes described as "weightlessness." Any object in freefall experiences microgravity conditions, which occur when the object falls toward the Earth with an acceleration equal to that due to gravity alone (approximately 9.8 meters per second squared [m/s2], or 1 g at Earth's surface). Brief periods of microgravity can be achieved on Earth by dropping objects from tall structures. Longer periods are created through the use of airplanes, rockets, and spacecraft. The microgravity environment associated with the space shuttle is a result of the spacecraft being in orbit, which is a state of continuous freefall around the Earth.
A Review Of Geophysical Methods Used In Archaeology Paper by Jeffrey C. Wynn which discusses the uses of electrical resistivity, magnetics, and groundprobing radar, as well as microgravity, radiometric, thermal infrared imagery, and sonic or seismic techniques. http://www.terraplus.com/papers/wynn.htm
Extractions: ABSTRACT Before proceeding further, a digression into essential terminology is necessary. "Archaeogeophysics" and "archaeological prospection" are the terms most commonly applied to the field described in this paper. This field includes geophysical methods used in site prospection but not isotopic provenance or archaeomagnetic dating. Provenance, incidentally, (sometimes spelled "provenience") is the study of the source of ancient artifacts to document ancient trade and communication patterns (Aitken, 1974). The latter technologies are included along with prospection methods in the broader term "archaeophysics." A survey of the broader field of physics applied to archaeology is available in excellent summaries by Aitken (1974), and Wolfman (1984). Archaeologists frequently use the term rescue archaeology." It refers to emergency evaluation of an area for human cultural resources. This normally is done, under pressure, in advance of industrial development (the bulldozer used to prepare a site for modern human cultural occupation). It is nearly impossible to do this effectively without assistance from geophysical methods. The term "non-destructive archaeology" refers to using remote sensing" methods to provide three-dimensional information about a large tract of land. The key element here is that the evaluation is done without disturbing the land. Archaeologists commonly use the term "remote sensing," incidentally, for more than just photo or LANDSAT image analysis. For them, it includes the whole range of surface geophysical and geochemical methods.