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session 5

Title: Facilities and Operations of Microgravity Experiments
type: oral
Description: This session is devoted to new diagnosis developments, new instruments definition and concepts for the future, ground and flight operation (telescience, robotics, hardware & software).
Date: 2025-10-02
Time: 15:00
Room: Room C4.2

IPC members

Co-Chair: Prof. Qiu-Sheng Liu, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;
Co-Chair: Mr. Remi Canton, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	15:00	Starlab – An AI-Driven, Next-Generation Platform for Microgravity Research and Commercial Utilization	12		Mr. Winfried Aicher	Airbus Defence and Space - Space Systems	Germany
2	15:12	An Innovative Payload-to-Platform Interface Design for the Starlab Space Station	12		Dr. John M. Horack	The Ohio State University College of Engineering	United States
3	15:24	The GraviTower – a guided drop tower providing Lunar and Martian gravity conditions	12		Dr. Merle Cornelius	ZARM Fab GmbH	Germany
4	15:36	Results of Dual Capsule Drop Test with Improved Flight Stability	12		Dr. I SANG YU	Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)	Korea, Republic of
5	15:48	Exploring the feasibility and implications of Zero Gravity Atmospheric Flights in Space Tourism	12		Ms. PRAKRITI BOSE	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	India
6	16:00	Adaptation of a Peruvian Air Force Aircraft for Parabolic Flights: A Proposal for Microgravity Research and Training	12	confirmed	Prof. Avid Roman-Gonzalez	Asociacion Civil Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades	Peru
7	16:12	AUTOMATED BIOREACTOR PLATFORM FOR IN-SPACE STEM CELL EXPANSION	12		Dr. Fathi Karouia	NASA Ames Research Center, Blue Marble Space Institute Of Science; BioServe Space Technologies, University of Colorado Boulder	United States
8	16:24	Design of the molecular beam epitaxy facility for manufacturing high-quality semiconductor materials in space	12		Dr. Hao Liu	Tsinghua University	China
9	16:36	Development of an Automated DNA Sequencer for Rapid Science in LEO	12		Mr. Jacob Scoccimerra	Helogen Corporation	United States
10	16:48	Development of a Three-DOF Random Positioning Machine for Pole-Free Microgravity Simulation in Space Medicine	12	confirmed	Mr. Woojin Jeong	Seoul National University	Korea, Republic of
*		Graviit 2.0: Feasibility Study for a Multi-Environmental Simulation System for Space Research	12		Mr. Rivaldo Carlos Duran-Aquino	Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos	Peru