Short duration microgravity experiments in physical and life sciences during parabolic flights: The first 30 ESA campaigns

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 829-854

  Pletser, Vladimir ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; ORBITS; ROCKETS; SPACE RESEARCH; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ASTRONAUTS; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA); PARABOLIC FLIGHTS;

MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; COSMONAUT; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANNED; MATERIALS TESTING; NATURAL SCIENCE; PARABOLIC FLIGHT; RESEARCH; SHORT DURATION; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; PARABOLIC FLIGHT; SHORT DURATION;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ASTRONAUTS; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NATURAL SCIENCES; RESEARCH; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 3342926245     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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