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    Title

    Microgravity Experiments from Sub-Orbital to Orbital Platforms

    type

    oral

    Description

    This session presents recent results of microgravity experiments from all disciplines using different microgravity platforms, including drop towers, parabolic aircrafts, sounding rockets and capsules.

    Date

    2024-10-16

    Time

    15:00

    Room

    White Hall 1

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Prof. Raffaele Savino, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy;

    • Co-Chair: Prof. Rainer Willnecker, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany;

    • Rapporteur: Prof. Vladimir Pletser, Blue Abyss, United Kingdom;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    15:00

    Centrifugal casting of wax-based fuel grains in microgravity: Preliminary results from a sub-orbital launch

    12

    confirmed

    Dr. Scott Dorrington

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    United States

    2

    15:12

    Electrodynamic Regolith Conveyor Sub-Orbital Flight Experiment

    12

    confirmed

    Dr. Aaron Olson

    NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center

    United States

    3

    15:24

    Impulse-Free Release Mechanism and Test Setup for Robotic Free-Floating Experiments on Parabolic Flights

    12

    confirmed

    Mr. Philip Arm

    ETHZ

    Switzerland

    4

    15:36

    Welding Under Microgravity Conditions: Experimental Rationale, Background, and Approach by the Universidad Central de Venezuela Team, Awardee of the 2024 DropTES

    12

    confirmed

    Ms. Diana Usuga

    Central University of Venezuela (UCV)

    Venezuela

    5

    15:48

    Pulsating Heat Pipe Laboratory Tests for a Microgravity Sub-Orbital Experiment

    12

    confirmed

    Ms. Larissa Krambeck

    Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC

    Brazil

    6

    16:00

    Magnetic Surface Stress Pump Development under Microgravity Conditions for Satellite Thermal Management

    12

    confirmed

    Mr. Thomas Imhuelse

    ZARM, University of Bremen

    Germany

    7

    16:12

    Scientific results of FerrAS - Innovations in Ferrofluid Pumping Systems for Microgravity Applications

    12

    confirmed

    Mr. Frederik Junker

    KSat e.V.

    Germany

    8

    16:24

    Enhancing spacecraft performance through in-space microvibration measurements

    12

    confirmed

    Mr. Sven Thiele

    Hochschule Bremen

    Germany

    9

    16:36

    SubOrbital Express - The real Ride-Share Solution for Sounding Rocket Missions

    12

    confirmed

    Mr. Stefan Krämer

    Swedish Space Corporation

    Sweden

    10

    16:48

    suborbital inexpensive rocket (sir) – overview of the project results and further development plan of perun suborbital rocket

    12

    confirmed

    Dr. Adam Matusiewicz

    SpaceForest

    Poland

    11

    17:00

    Parameter Identification using Microgravity Experiments on Asteroid-Related Scenarios

    12

    confirmed

    Mr. Samuele Vaghi

    Politecnico di Milano

    Italy