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Seventh International Symposium on Experimental Methods for Microgravity Materials Science
CHARACTERIZING OSTEOBLAST MINERALIZATION USING FTIR: EFFECT OF SIMVASTATIN AND SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY ON OSTEOBLAST MINERALIZATION USING FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY by Alka Potdar, 2010-05-20
Microgravity research opportunities for the 1990s (SuDoc NAS 1.26:199109) by NASA, 1995
JOURNAL OF THE British Interplanetary Society: MICROGRAVITY / SPACE ASTRONOMY, Volume 46, No. 3, March 1993. by L. J. (Editor) Carter, 1993-01-01
Microgravity: A Teacher's Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology
Toward a Microgravity Research Strategy by National Research Council . Research, 2009-12-28
Microgravity Transport Processes in Fluid, Thermal, Biological, and Materials Sciences. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Volume 974 by S. S., ed Sadhal, 2002
Proceedings of the First Workshop on Containerless Experimentation in Microgravity, January 17-19 (SuDoc NAS 1.26:187806) by NASA, 1990
Venoconstrictive Thigh Cuffs Impede Fluid Shifts During Simulated Microgravity by Kjell N. Lindgren, 1997
Microgravity Research in Support of Technologies for the Human Exploration and Development of Space and Planetary Bodies by Committee on Microgravity Research, Space Studies Board, et all 2000-07-03
Solidification and Microgravity (Materials Science Forum,) by Barczy, 1992-01
Topics in Heat Transfer: Microgravity Heat Transfer and Flow/Heat Transfer in Space Energy Systems/Nonconventional Heat Pipe Systems/Heat Transfer I by R.S. Downing, L. Haas, et all 1992-07
SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-87: PRESS KIT, NOVEMBER 1997: UNITED STATES MICROGRAVITY PAYLOAD-4: SPARTAN-201 by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1997-01-01
Microgravity a Teacher's Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Grades 5-12

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Space Station | The Station | Living In Space
The Continuing Challenge of microgravity. All the deleterious effects of living in microgravity disappear after an astronaut returns to ground.
http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/living_microgravity.htm

Extractions: living in space The Continuing Challenge of Microgravity Many of the problems that arise from living and working in space have been resolved. However, the physiological affects of weightlessness are still not completely understood. Among these are the leaching of certain minerals from bones; atrophy of muscles when not exercised; and space adaptation syndrome, a form of motion sickness found only in spaceflight. All the deleterious effects of living in microgravity disappear after an astronaut returns to ground. Some can be countered while in orbit by special diet and exercises. But even a vigorous exercise program does not appear to stop bone loss, or the decrease in the rate of normal bone formation. NASA is engaged in a long-term program to understand the causes underlying these changes, in order to develop ways to prevent them. This will be particularly important for the longer tours of duty on the Space Station, where crew members will be in orbit for three months or more at a time. back to the top *Click on images for captions
BNSC
BNSC Space Exploration - Space Projects - microgravity microgravity. What is microgravity? Objects microgravity. What is microgravity used for?
http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/index.cfm?pid=851
NASA Quest > Space Team Online
microgravity. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Life and microgravity Sciences and Applications microgravity Research Division.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/space/teachers/microgravity/

Extractions: Educations Division Permission is not required for duplication An Adobe Acrobat version of the entire Teacher's Guide is available. This version preserves all formatting from the original hardcopy Guide; it will provide an easy source for downloading a printable version of the Guide. Table of Contents NASA Educational Materials This information on microgravity was developed by the NASA Education Division with the assistance of the many educators of the Aerospace Education Services Program, Oklahoma State University. Visit the MSL-1 Ground Science Cyber-Laboratory and earn yourself a genuine Marshall LIFTOFF certificate of achievement!
Bizarre Boiling
Merte, who some see as a kind of founding father of microgravity pool boiling research, devised the experiments featured in the video tape.
http://spacescience.com/headlines/y2001/ast07sep_2.htm

Extractions: Listen to this story via streaming audio , a downloadable file , or get help September 7, 2001: The next time you're watching a pot of water boil, perhaps for coffee or a cup of soup, pause for a moment and consider: what would this look like in space? Would the turbulent bubbles rise or fall? And how big would they be? Would the liquid stay in the pan at all? Until a few years ago, nobody knew. Indeed, physicists have trouble understanding the complex behavior of boiling fluids here on Earth. Perhaps boiling in space would prove even more baffling.... It's an important question because boiling happens not only in coffee pots, but also in power plants and spacecraft cooling systems. Engineers need to know how boiling works. Above: Without buoyancy or convection, boiling fluids behave quite differently in space. Click on the image for a low-resolution QuickTime movie (400 kB) comparing boiling in space and on Earth. Also available in
Microgravity
microgravity. Space is the laboratory of the next millennium. .. Astronaut more. Look here for international microgravity research programs.
http://www.itaspace.com/microgravity.html

Extractions: Microgravity Space is the laboratory of the next millennium Astronaut Joe Allen with his morning orange juice on an early Shuttle mission The microgravity environment of space offers a unique environment to perform research with the potential to lead to new products and technologies. Microgravity provides an opportunity for experimentation in a whole new quiescent environment: Microgravity has been a major area of research in the space programs of all space faring nations, and will revolutionize traditional Earth-bound processing methods. The potential scientific, technological and commercial benefits of microgravity research to humankind are substantial, especially in the biomedical and drug development sectors. Large (750 micron) urokinase protein crystal grown in ITA equipment on the STS-80 16-day shuttle mission, to be used in cancer research. Typical microgravity experiments that have been conducted in space using ITA equipment include: Cancer and AIDS research Cell biology Collagen polymerization Inorganic crystal growth Materials/Fluid sciences- t o enhance understanding of fluid dynamics and transport processes for use in non-toxic, environmentally compatible extraction methods, especially in biotechnology and free-fluid processing
The Center For Microgravity And Materials Research Welcome
Welcome to. What is CMMR? Step bunching LMD experiment flown in space, Organization People Research Areas Projects Announcements Publications Opportunities.
http://www.cmmr.uah.edu/
Microgravity Combustion Laboratory, UC Berkeley
microgravity COMBUSTION LABORATORY. It includes experiments in normal gravity and in microgravity the latter are being conducted in the Space Shuttle.
http://www.me.berkeley.edu/mcl/

Extractions: MCL is a NASA-funded research facility in the Department Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley , aiming at studying the potential onset of fire in environments encountered in spacecraft. The research goals are to better understand and predict material flammability, combustion products, and other fire-safety related phenomena in reduced gravity environments. Research focuses on experimental investigation, theoretical analysis and computational simulations. Some of the experiments are conducted in microgravity facilities, including drop towers, parabolic flights, Space Shuttle and in the future in the International Space Station. The project objective is to study the effect of low gravity on the flammability diagrams of combustible materials used in spacecraft's. The microgravity tests will be conducted in the International Space Station, with the first flight manifested for October 2004. COSMIC CO S oot in M icrogravity I nverse C ombustion): The objective of the research is to experimentally and computationally study CO and soot processes in laminar, inverse diffusion flames, which is a special case of underventilated combustion. An understanding of noxious gas formation and flame soot signatures during underventilated fires in spacecraft will be obtained.
Why Microgravity?. Microgravity Combustion Laboratory, UC Berkeley
Why microgravity? Definition of microgravity microgravity Facilities. Apparatus, Icon (click for larger photo), Time, Drawback. Drop Tower (ie
http://www.me.berkeley.edu/mcl/microg.html

Extractions: Microgravity can also be attained on Earth and it refers to the condition of free-fall within a gravitational field in which the weight of an object is significantly reduced compared to its weight at rest on Earth (approaching weightlessness). There are five main microgavity facilities, with different characteristic times, ranging from a few seconds to several months (see next table). Apparatus Icon (click for larger photo) Time Drawback Drop Tower (i.e. Space Shuttle) ~ days Availability International Space Station ~ months Availability Why does gravity affect combustion? The large temperature gradients in the combustion flow due to the high exothermicity of the chemical reactions lead to significant density variations. In the presence of gravity, this density gradients lead to buoyant convection flows. In the absence of gravity, smaller effects, such as diffusion and thermophoresis, control the overall combustion process, altering it significantly (diffusion flames become spherical and less vigorous, hot air won't rise and paint will require much more time to dry). See Comparison of Candle Flames in Normal and Microgravity Why study combustion processes in microgravity?
Microgravity Research
microgravity Research. In collaboration with NASA s Marshall Space Flight Center, microgravity applications in protein crystal growth
http://www.newcenturypharm.com/microgravity.htm

Extractions: Company Albagen Drug Design Contact Microgravity Research In collaboration with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, microgravity applications in protein crystal growth provide further opportunity for scientific and commercial research available through an extensive and on-going flight series. Crystals produced in microgravity have augmented and enhanced macromolecular structure-oriented research for an international group of co-investigators, representing both academia and industry. Contact New Century Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for more information about these and other NASA programs.
Application Of Microgravity For Technological Innovations
1) Application of microgravity for Technological Innovations. It is impossible to obtain these unique circumstances such as microgravity on the ground.
http://www.aist.go.jp/HNIRI/chap1/chap1_e.html

Extractions: webmaster@aist.go.jp ÂlîñÛì No mass transfer by convection currents in gasses and liquids exists, an effect of surface tension becomes strong and substances having different specific gravity disperse homogeneously under microgravity. It is impossible to obtain these unique circumstances such as microgravity on the ground. The tools for microgravity circumstances are a drop tower, rocket, space shuttle, and so on. Our research purpose is to synthesize new and highly functional materials under microgravity. In order to reach the purpose mentioned above, we accumulate the information for the physical phenomena under microgravity such as diffusion, surface tension and heat transfer. At present, we are carrying out the microgravity experiments by two drop facilities mainly. One is the facility of the Japan Microgravity Center (JAMIC, Kamisunagawa, Hokkaido) obtained the microgravity circumstances of 10-5g for 10 sec. The JAMIC facility was constructed using a shaft of the abandoned underground coal mine having a depth of 710 m. Other is the HNIRI 10m drop tower obtained the microgravity circumstances of 10-3g for 1.2 sec attached linear motor braking system.
Microgravity Experiments
microgravity Experiments. What is microgravity; What we do; microgravity Modules; Service Systems; Flight Options; What s New.
http://www.ssc.se/ssd/mgexp/
Microgravity Platform
K1 Missions microgravity Platform. microgravity conditions in orbit offer a unique environment for research in a variety of scientific fields.
http://www.kistleraerospace.com/k1missions/microgravity.html

Extractions: Microgravity conditions in orbit offer a unique environment for research in a variety of scientific fields. Flight opportunities for experiments in microgravity are in high demand in the fields of Biotechnology, Combustion Science, Fluid Physics, Fundamental Physics, and Materials Science. Researchers in such fields need low-cost, frequent access to and return from space. Repeat experiments are essential to accumulate enough data for peer review of their work. The availability and high cost of launch have been limiting factors. Affordability and routine flights are significant advantages for commercial operations such as the Kistler K-1 system. The K-1 provides a high-quality microgravity environment on every flight for secondary payloads. Every launch dollar saved is a research dollar gained to the scientific community. In these days of tight research budgets, Kistler's K-1 vehicle is an ideal alternative to existing platforms.
CORDIS: Ireland: Irish Council Presidency R&D Information Service: Ireland In EU
A team of Irish researchers is involved with a European Space Agency project to carry out such microgravity research, on board the International Space Station.
http://www.cordis.lu/ireland/rd_4.htm

Extractions: Solidification of Alloys in Space Introduction Many items of use in modern society are castings. That means that they are produced via melting a metal alloy and pouring it into a mould where it solidifies. Examples include turbine blades in aircraft engines, pistons in car engines, hip replacements, camcorder casings, door handles, right down to street furniture and manhole covers. Developing improved castings can therefore result in significant benefits, both socially and economically. As an alloy solidifies, the liquid flows within the mould due to the effect of gravity. Such natural convection is due to differences in temperature and composition across the liquid. This flow affects the microstructure of the casting. An ability to control it will help us to optimise such as-cast microstructure, and improve the properties and lengthen the life of cast metal components. But the only place in which natural convection can effectively be zero for any appreciable time is in the near zero gravity conditions on board an orbiting spacecraft. A team of Irish researchers is involved with a European Space Agency project to carry out such microgravity research, on board the International Space Station.
Microgravity Science At Astra's
microgravity Science on the Web. After I hope you find MuG as interesting as I do! microgravity LINKS. Just the Basic Facts . Facts
http://www.astras-stargate.com/microg.htm

Extractions: Microgravity Science on the Web After I began working in the Microgravity Science Division at NASA Glenn Research Center , I was inspired to work up this page of Links to Microgravity Science on the World Wide Web. Please check out Microgravity Fluid Physics page. I also helped develop a web site for Combustion Module-1 a fascinating facility capable of being re-used on the shuttle Columbia many times. I hope you find Mu-G as interesting as I do! MICROGRAVITY LINKS Just the Basic Facts.... (great if you are just getting into it!)
OUP USA: Polymer Research In Microgravity: James Patton Downey
to cart. Polymer Research in microgravity. Polymerization and Processing. Edited by James Patton Downey and John A. Pojman. 0841237441
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Chemistry/PolymerChemistry/?ci=084
Life And Microgravity Science
Life and microgravity Science. European Low Gravity Research Association; NASA Office of Life and microgravity Science and Applications ISS and Mir Reports.
http://www.ssl.umd.edu/space/microgravity.html

Extractions: bjr@po.cwru.edu Life and Microgravity Science Combustion Microgravity Combustion Science Organizations European Low Gravity Research Association NASA Office of Life and Microgravity Science and Applications ISS and Mir Reports Life Sciences Life Support Closed Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) Designing for a Human Presence in Space: An Introduction to Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (NASA RP-1324)
Microgravity
microG - micro-G microgravity advances research in space. Gravity is one of the four fundamental physical forces. In this case we speak of microgravity .
http://www.spazio.galileoavionica.com/C53_co.htm

Extractions: However, the effects of gravity can be undesirable if we want to understand certain physical, chemical or biological phenoma or study complex interaction of different forces involved in a process, for example, in liquids and gases. Gravity can mask our view on the full set of parameters that influence a physical, chemical or biological process. Gravity can also be undesirable in certain industrial production processes. For example, capillary effects, multiphase flow, diffusive transport processes or crystal growth from melt and solutions can be under normal gravity conditions on Earth be dominated by effects such as buoyancy, thermal convection and sedimentation.
NASAexplores 9-12 Lesson Plant Growth In Microgravity (Teacher
Plant Growth In microgravity. Teacher Sheet(s). Supporting NASAexplores Article(s) microgravity Always A Bad Hair Day. PreLesson Instructions
http://www.nasaexplores.com/show_912_teacher_st.php?id=030108140229
The Chronology Of A Microgravity Spaceflight Experiment: IDGE
The Chronology of a microgravity Spaceflight Experiment IDGE. Figure 2. Measured dendritic growth velocities under microgravity and terrestrial conditions.
http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/9508/Glicksman-9508.html

Extractions: Overview Martin E. Glicksman Matthew B. Koss , and Edward A. Winsa On March 4, 1994, 8:53 A.M., the space shuttle Columbia STS-62 ) lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, into a low- Earth orbit (LEO) of approximately 300 kilometers. On board, as part of the second United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-2), was the Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and NASA's Lewis Research Center , was ten years in development as a space flight program; for five years prior to that, it was a ground-based
International Space Station - Microgravity Science
» microgravity SCIENCE. microgravity doesn t usually grab the headlines, but microgravity science headlines the research agenda
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/spacestation/science/microgravity.html

Extractions: Microgravity doesn't usually grab the headlines, but microgravity science headlines the research agenda on the International Space Station. With gravity kept at one-millionth of its force on Earth for lengths of time that cannot be attained there, researchers see life and matter in ways that suggest new approaches to old problems. Microgravity puts the science camel's nose under the gravity force's tent and lets it sniff out hidden properties and processes that allow deadly viruses, for example, to survive despite efforts to kill them. And it provides an oasis of opportunity to develop solutions that cannot be imagined without the knowledge microgravity research spawns. More specifically, microgravity on the ISS will be the key asset for research conducted in: Materials Science . Research on the invisible structures of materials, as well as their thermal, magnetic and other properties, seeks to develop improved production methods and better materials on Earth. Scientists essentially investigate phenomena normally masked by gravity. Among the results that will be sought: better electronic devices, improved telecommunication, and stronger, more durable artificial limbs. Fluid Physics . Physicists in this field define as fluid anything that flows when force is applied, namely: liquid, gas and plasma. Studies of these fluids in microgravity are aimed at helping engineers design safer buildings in earthquake-prone areas, improving the stability and performance of power-generating stations, increasing productivity in materials processing and other practical applications.

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