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Thomas Pesquet in the International Space Station (ISS) 06/2021

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Nasa/ESA/Novapix

Reference

e-is065-03051

Date

2022-04-05

Thomas Pesquet with the Fluidics experiment inside the Columbus laboratory module. This box holds six spheres with liquid that slosh about up here in weightlessness and are recorded by cameras for researchers to observe – but only one sphere at a time. The experiment has two very different benefits: it will help satellite and rocket designers understand how fuel behaves in their tanks as well as help researchers understand ocean currents (and our climate). With Fluidics, researchers are trying to understand how water currents form and behave, without gravity influencing them. June 2021.