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Materials Research Conducted Aboard the International Space Station: Facilities Overview, Operational Procedures, and Experimental OutcomesThe Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) and Maintenance Work Area (MWA) are facilities aboard the International Space Station (ISS) that were used to successfully conduct experiments in support of, respectively, the Pore Formation and Mobility Investigation (PFMI) and the In-Space Soldering Investigation (ISSI). The capabilities of these facilities are briefly discussed and then demonstrated by presenting "real-time" and subsequently down-linked video-taped examples from the abovementioned experiments. Data interpretation, ISS telescience, some lessons learned, and the need of such facilities for conducting work in support of understanding materials behavior, particularly fluid processing and transport scenarios, in low-gravity environments is discussed.
Document ID
20070018774
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Grugel, Richard N.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Luz, Paul
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Smith, Guy
(Tec-Masters, Inc. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Spivey, Reggie
(Tec-Masters, Inc. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Jeter, Linda
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Gillies, Donald
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Hua, Fay
(INTEL Corp. United States)
Anikumar, A. V.
(Vanderbilt Univ. TN, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2007
Subject Category
Space Processing
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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