"Preparation of Space Experiments" ed. by Vladimir Pletser

This book explains how researchers design, prepare, develop, test and fly their science experiments on microgravity platforms before sending them to space. All preparation phases are explained and presented, including aircraft parabolic flights as part of spaceflight preparation.

Twenty international authors, all experts in their own microgravity research field, contribute to chapters describing their experience to prepare experiments before space flights. Fields covered are Physical Sciences and Life Sciences. Physical Sciences covers fluid physics (vibration effects on diffusion; red blood cell dynamics; cavitation in microgravity; capillary driven flows) and material sciences (electromagnetic levitator onboard International Space Station). Life Sciences includes human physiology (sampling earlobe blood; human cardiovascular experiments; tumours in space) and neurophysiology (dexterous manipulation of objects in weightlessness).


Contents
1.Research in Microgravity in Physical and Life Sciences: An Introduction to Means and Methods
2.Aircraft Parabolic Flights: A Gateway to Orbital Microgravity and Extra-Terrestrial Planetary Gravities
3.G-Jitter, Vibrations, Diffusion: The IVIDIL Experiment
4.Red Blood Cell Dynamics: The Contribution of Microgravity in the BIOMICS Project
5.What We Learned from Cavitation Bubbles in Microgravity
6.Capillary Driven Flows under Microgravity Conditions: From Parabolic Flights to Space Experiment
7.Experiment Preparation and Performance for the Electromagnetic Levitator (EML) Onboard the International Space Station
8.A Device for Sampling Earlobe Arterialized Blood in Space and Other Austere Environments
9.GRIP: Dexterous Manipulation of Objects in Weightlessness
10.Preparation, Implementation and Execution of Human Cardiovascular Experiments in Space
11.Tumors in Space: Preparation for Spaceflight