Zero-Gravity Experiment - Purdue 1 - Purdue University

In collaboration with Steven Collicott, professor of aerospace engineering, Abigail Mizzi, a graduate student in aerospace engineering, will conduct an on-board experiment on how fluids behave in zero gravity — a research area that is critical to advancing spaceflight design, fuel management and future long-duration space missions. Mizzi’s experiment focuses on the zero-gravity oscillations of liquids set in motion by rotation, such as the motion of rocket propellants sloshing in their tanks after a spacecraft rotates to dock at a space station. This type of flow affects spacecraft control system design and in-space operations planning.

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