A summary of existing and planned experiment hardware for low-gravity fluids researchNASA's ground-based and space-based low-gravity facilities are summarized, and an overview of selected experiments that have been developed for use in these facilities is presented. A variety of ground-based facilities (drop towers and aircraft) used to conduct low-gravity experiments for in-space experimentation are described. Capabilities that are available to the researcher and future on-orbit fluids facilities are addressed. The payload bay facilities range from the completely self-contained, relatively small get-away-special canisters to the Materials Science Laboratory and to the larger Spacelab facilities that require crew interaction.
Document ID
19910041706
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Hill, Myron E. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
O'Malley, Terence F. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)