The 50 parabolic flight campaigns of the european space agency to conduct short duration microgravity research experimentation

60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, IAC 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 712-718

  Pletser, Vladimir ^a   Gharib, Thierry ^b   Gai, Frederic ^b   Mora, Christophe ^b   Rosier, Patrice ^b  

^a ISS Utilization Dept   (Netherlands)

^b Novespace   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION PHYSICS; DROP TOWERS; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; FLUID PHYSICS; FRENCH SPACE AGENCY; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMER; JAPANESE SPACE AGENCY; LIFE-SCIENCES; LOW EARTH ORBITS; MANNED SPACE MISSION; MATERIAL SCIENCE; MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH; PARABOLIC FLIGHT; PHYSICAL SCIENCE; REDUCED GRAVITY; SHORT DURATIONS; SPACE AGENCY; SPACE MISSIONS; TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES; TEST INSTRUMENTATION;

AIRCRAFT; EXPLOSIVES; INSTRUMENTS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 77953635239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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