21. V2_Lab . MIR - Microgravity Interdisciplinary Research MIR microgravity Interdisciplinary Research at V2_. Presentation / performance / seminar. In the spring of 2003 V2_ co-organized a series of parabolic http://lab.v2.nl/projects/mir.html

MIR - Microgravity Interdisciplinary Research at V2_ Presentation / performance / seminar The physical properties of zero gravity initially appear obvious, but the effect on the mind and body - on movement and physiology - as well as upon materials is a very recent area of research. The physical properties inherent within zero gravity rarely form part of our conscious perception. Much of our physical system is adjusted to and indeed 'designed' by the gravitational forces that work on our body. Even though we are not particularly aware of how gravity affects our physical system, these forces have a great impact on both body and mind. The ability to remove the effects of gravity as a variable in human physiological research has only been available to scientists since the start of the space race. The only practical means with which to alter gravity in relation to the human body are through centrifuges (increasing gravity), off-planet space travel or orbit, free-fall, scuba diving and underwater sojourn, parabolic flight or through its simulation with virtual reality. Until today research in this field has also mainly been conducted by scientists. V2_ approaches outer space with its unique conditions such as the variations in the force of gravity now for the first time from an artistic and cultural point of view. Presentation Micro Gravity Date: Saturday 21 June 2003

22. Microgravity -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on microgravity a measure of the degree to which an object in space is subjected to acceleration. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9387673/microgravity

document.writeln(''); document.writeln('Loading...'); Username Password Remember me Forgot your password? Browse SHOP Log In Search Site: microgravity physics Main a measure of the degree to which an object in space is subjected to acceleration . In general parlance the term is used synonymously with zero gravity and weightlessness , but the prefix micro indicates accelerations equivalent to one millionth (10 For a large orbital vehicle such as the space shuttle or the International Space Station g. A free-flying satellite can provide 10 g. The long-term goal aboard the ISS is for active stabilization systems to approach a 10 g, or nanogravity, environment. David M. Harland Citations MLA Style: microgravity http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1133197/microgravity APA Style: microgravity . (2008). In http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1133197/microgravity microgravity Link to this article and share the full text with the readers of your Web site or blog-post. If you think a reference to this article on "microgravity" will enhance your Web site, blog-post, or any other web-content, then feel free to link to this article, and your readers will gain full access to the full article, even if they do not subscribe to our service.

23. Microgravity Research In Support Of Technologies For The Human Exploration And D Committee on microgravity Research, Space Studies Board, National Research Council Authoring Organizations. Paste into your Web page http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9452.html

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24. ESA - Human Spaceflight And Exploration - Landmark Flight For ESA’s Microgr On board the modified Airbus A300 aircraft will be a suite of 10 microgravity experiments provided by European scientists in cooperation with scientists http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMQITM5NDF_index_0.html

ESA Home International Space Station Exploration ... Business About us About us Related ESA sites Automated Transfer Vehicle ESA Health Care Network IMPRESS Integrated Project Utilisation and research Multimedia Multimedia gallery RSS feeds Resources Newspapers (pdf) Press Releases Other space agencies Services Calendar Subscribe Search All Human Spaceflight and Exploration Advanced Search News View inside the 'Zero-G' A-300 Airbus during the 46th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign Landmark flight for ESA’s microgravity research 17 March 2008 The first of two ESA parabolic flight campaigns organised for this year takes place this week in Bordeaux, France. On board the modified Airbus A-300 aircraft will be a suite of 10 microgravity experiments provided by European scientists in cooperation with scientists from Canada and the United States. The emphasis of ESA's 48th Parabolic Flight Campaign is on the study of heat transfer. This is a key scientific problem which is the subject of extensive research. ESA sponsors several projects in this field that are run by consortia of European institutes and laboratories where these parabolic flight experiments are developed. The ultimate aim of this research is to improve the efficiency of many systems relying on heat transfer, spanning from the generation of energy, through to high power electronics. In the general context of rising energy costs and global warming, this research is clearly of high importance.

25. Microgravity Droplet Combustion - Princeton University Princeton University microgravity Droplet Combustion. Prof. Frederick L. Dryer, Principal Investigator Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering http://www.princeton.edu/~fldryer/nasa.dir/

Princeton University Microgravity Droplet Combustion Prof. Frederick L. Dryer , Principal Investigator Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D-316 Engineering Quadrangle Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 (609) 258-5206; Fax: (609) 258-1939 e-mail: fldryer@phoenix.princeton.edu Why Study Liquid Droplet Combustion? Some General Background on Isolated Droplet Combustion Project Overview ... Summary of STS-94 Mission Results STS-94....Thanks for the memories...and the Science! Fred Dryer At NASA: Droplet Combustion Experiment (DCE) Fiber Supported Droplet Combustion I (FSDC-I) Fiber Supported Droplet Combustion II (FSDC-II) Home Page for all NASA-Lewis Experiments on MSL-1 ... Continuous Live Status Reports from the Space Shuttle At Princeton: Combustion Laboratory Princeton University At University of California at San Diego http://www.princeton.edu/~fldryer/nasa.dir/index.html Last updated: December 8, 1998, More revisions before 1999!

26. A Wearable Computer For Use In Microgravity Space And Other Non-Desktop Environm A wearable computer for use in microgravity space and other nondesktop environments. Companion of the CHI 96 Conference on Human Factors in Computing http://edgarmatias.com/papers/chi96/

http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/ematias/papers/chi96 Companion of the CHI '96 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 69-70). New York: ACM. A Wearable Computer for Use in Microgravity Space and Other Non-Desktop Environments Edgar Matias The Matias Corporation 600 Rexdale Boulevard, Suite 1204 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9W 6T4 edgar @ halfkeyboard.com I. Scott MacKenzie Dept. of Computing and Information Science University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1 mac @ snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca William Buxton c/o Computer Systems Research Institute University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A4 buxton @ dgp.toronto.edu ABSTRACT We present one possible design for a "wearable" computera computer that is worn. Our prototype permits text entry without the need of a table or other supporting surface. Typing can be performed while standing or even walking. Possible applications for this device are also discussed. KEYWORDS: Input devices, input tasks, wearable computers, portable computers, Half-QWERTY, one-handed keyboard, skill transfer. INTRODUCTION The tremendous and increasing popularity of notebook computers over the past several years has encouraged manufacturers to push the envelope ever further. This has led to the development of palmtops and PDAs, devices small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. In an interesting spin-off, the technologies which make these devices possible are being used to push portability even further, creating a new breed of computer known as a "wearable." While not yet common, their eventual success relies on finding niche applications to pave the way for more general use. In this paper we present one possible design for a wearable, and explore a few possible niches.

27. Space Station | The Station | Living In Space 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 http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/living_microgravity.htm

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29. Microgravity The microgravity environment of space offers a unique environment to perform research with the potential to lead to new products and technologies. http://www.itaspace.com/microgravity.html

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: no thermally-induced convection no sedimentation/stratification no hydrostatic pressure reduced contact with vessel walls 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

30. Neatorama » Blog Archive » Balls Of Flame In Microgravity What does a candle flame look like in microgravity? In 2002, NASA did the experiment and found out that flames do strange things in low gravity, http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/13/balls-of-flame-in-microgravity/

@import url( http://neatorama.cachefly.net/css6/style.css?v=1 ); Bookmark RSS +Technorati Favorite Balls of Flame in Microgravity Candle flame in (L) normal and (M) low gravity. Floating flame balls in microgravity (R) What does a candle flame look like in microgravity? In 2002, NASA did the experiment and found out that flames do strange things in low gravity, like break apart into tiny balls that move around like UFOs. Link Thanks moronic50! Get Neatorama by RSS or email this post? Please email this +digg +reddit +del.icio.us ... +SU Posted on February 13, 2008 at 6:42 pm by Alex Category: Pictures 6 comments to "Balls of Flame in Microgravity" Ali S. February 13th, 2008 at 6:59 pm Pudifoot February 13th, 2008 at 7:53 pm nick February 13th, 2008 at 8:13 pm Vako February 13th, 2008 at 11:46 pm S-r-ex February 14th, 2008 at 1:52 am Sid Morrison February 14th, 2008 at 8:24 am @S-r-ex- Want your own avatar? Get one for free at Gravatar Neatorama Comment Policy You don't have to register or login to comment, but it's easier if you do so. We don't censor comment based on your point of view but comments that are abusive, use excessive profanity, or contain off-topic links may get edited or deleted. On some posts, it may take up several minutes for you comment to show up.

31. Selenian Boondocks: Microgravity Musings Another post I ve promised is one on microgravity science, and why it is not a failure as a research methodology. The basic thesis here is that the reason http://selenianboondocks.blogspot.com/2008/02/microgravity-musings.html

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33. CSA - STS-85 - Microgravity Isolation Mount (MIM) Experience has shown that spacecraft, such as the Russian Mir space station and the US Space Shuttle, do not provide the highquality microgravity http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/missions/sts-085/mim.asp

Index A to Z You are here: home missions sts-085 Microgravity Isolation Mount (MIM) MIM: A Unique Canadian Space Technology Experience has shown that spacecraft, such as the Russian Mir space station and the US Space Shuttle, do not provide the high-quality microgravity environment required for many science experiments. There are numerous causes for this deviation from the ideal "free-fall" environment such as the operation of on-board equipment (pumps, fans, thrusters, etc.), the movement of astronauts within the spacecraft, and variations in orbital characteristics such as atmospheric drag. While these disturbances are usually small and are most often not even felt by the astronauts, they can nonetheless have undesirable effects on space-based experiments. This is particularly significant for a large class of materials science experiments that involve fluid or vapour phases. The Microgravity Isolation Mount (MIM) is a unique Canadian development that improves the microgravity environment for experimenters who use spacecraft such as Mir or the Space Shuttle. The MIM uses the principle of magnetic levitation to isolate experiments from the vibrations of the spacecraft. The MIM consists of three major components: a stator fixed to the spacecraft, a flotor which floats without contact relative to the fixed stator and a control unit which houses the brains of the system. Experiments are mounted on the MIM flotor and are controlled by the MIM control unit.

34. Benefits Of Microgravity Sciences Research Explored In Outreach Program For Stud Los Angeles On May 2, 2001, the California Science Center will host an outreach program of the Second Pan-Pacific Basin Workshop on microgravity Sciences http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/GenInfo/MediaRoom/PressReleases/MicroGrav

Media Contact: Paula Wagner April 25, 2001 Benefits of Microgravity Sciences Research Explored in Outreach Program for Student and the General Public Los Angeles - On May 2, 2001, the California Science Center will host an outreach program of the Second Pan-Pacific Basin Workshop on Microgravity Sciences designed to help students, educators, researchers, and the public learn more about how life on Earth can benefit from research conducted in space. The morning session will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. and targets middle and high school students, while the afternoon session , scheduled from 4:00 p.m. to 5:40 p.m., will be open to the general public. Both sessions will link with several broadcast sites across the country and the afternoon session will feature a live global town hall meeting including audiences in Australia and Hawaii. The panel of experts and their topics will include Gerard Faeth, Ph.D., professor, University of Michigan, on combustion; Nicholas Bigelow, Ph.D., professor, University of Rochester, on micro-measurement (atomic clock); Chiaki Mukai, M.D., astronaut and cardiovascular surgeon, on living and working in space; and Bernard Harris, M.D., astronaut and surgeon, will speak on what it takes to fly. The event will also include demonstrations and taped segments with opinions from communities in various Pan Pacific nations.

35. Pool Boiling Experiment In Microgravity Pool boiling experiments using R113 were conducted in the microgravity of space on a flat heater, consisting of a semi-transparent gold film sputtered on http://www-personal.umich.edu/~merte/vgrl/pbe.html

Pool Boiling Curve in Microgravity Abstract Experimental Appratus Test Vessel (click on figure to see actual picture Heater Surface (click on figure to see actual picture Two heater surfaces are placed on a single flat substrate, installed so as to form one wall of the test vessel as shown in Figure 1, with one acting as a back-up. Each heater consists of a 400 thick semi-transparent gold film sputtered on a highly polished quartz substrate, seen in Figure 2, and serves simultaneously as a heater, with an uncertainty of 2 % in the measurement of the heat flux, and a resistance thermometer, with an overall uncertainty of 1.0 C. The heater is rectangular in shape, 19.05 x 38.1 mm (0.75 x 1.5 inch). Degassed commercial grade R-113 (trichlorotrifluoroethane, ) was used because of its low normal boiling point (47.6 C), which minimized problems associated with heat loss to the surroundings, and because of its electrical nonconductivity, which is compatible for direct contact with the thin gold film heater. Further experimental details may be found in Merte et al. (1995). Conclusions It appears that long term steady state nucleate boiling can take place on a flat heater surface in microgravity with a wetting liquid under conditions in which a large vapor bubble somewhat removed from the heater surface is formed, which acts as a reservoir to remove the bubbles from immediate vicinity of the heater surface. The steady nucleate boiling heat transfer is significantly enhanced in microgravity compared to that in earth gravity.

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37. Microgravity Reduces Sleep-disordered Breathing In Humans -- ELLIOTT Et Al. 164 microgravity was associated with a 55% reduction in the apneahypopnea index (AHI), which decreased from a preflight value of 8.3 ± 1.6 to 3.4 ± 0.8 http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/164/3/478

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40. Fundamental Physics Of Space - Adventures In Science microgravity MATTERS FLOATING OUR EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE That s what we mean by microgravity. Curious how it all works outside of the context we know http://funphysics.jpl.nasa.gov/adventures/microgravity.html

@import url( "../main.css" ); + View the NASA Portal MICROGRAVITY MATTERS: FLOATING OUR EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE We've all heard the idea that, in a vacuum, feathers and cannonballs fall at the same rate. It's pretty hard to test theories like that here on Earth, where a whole lot of outside influences can affect our results. Call it shake, rattle and rollwithout perfect conditions, we can't be very precise or very sure. We're lucky, though, because the coming of the space age has opened up opportunities we've never had before. Space is perhaps one of the best laboratories of all. It's vast, quiet, and relatively free from disturbances. We can check out how things come together in such an untroubled environmentcrystals, metals, clouds of atoms and more. We can learn how liquids flow, fires burn, and life adapts. By placing our experiments in freefall around the Earth, we can even remove most of the effect that gravity can have. That's what we mean by "microgravity." Curious how it all works outside of the context we know so well on Earth? Come see what we know, what we predict, and what we hope to learn through our experiments in space.

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