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Sept.
3 , 2002 |
View an Experiment in Space
A control room has been set up on
campus to control and monitor the progress of a crystal growth
experiment aboard the International Space Station. The control
room is in Room 5112 of the Low Center for Industrial Innovation.
Observing is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Aleks Ostrogorsky, associate professor of mechanical
engineering, heads the NASA-sponsored investigation to grow homogenous
semiconductor crystals in microgravity. Five 16-hour experiments
must be completed in September.
Ostrogorsky and his colleagues can communicate
with the astronauts aboard the space station via mission control
at NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. Fast Ethernet connections
and video signals from the space station allow Ostrogorsky to
see behind-the-scenes action. That activity is generally viewed
only by NASA.
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A control room has been set up on campus
to control and monitor the progress of a crystal growth experiment
aboard the International Space Station. The control room is
in Room 5112 of the Low Center for Industrial Innovation.
Observing is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m.
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The video
images will allow Ostrogorsky and his team to closely observe
how semiconductor crystals form in space. The experiment, called
"Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules" (SUBSA),
is the first investigation conducted in the Microgravity Science
Glovebox (MSG) facility at the International Space Station Alpha.
The MSG, a new laboratory at the International Space Station,
contains the experiment to be manipulated by the astronauts.
Call the control room for the schedule of live
experiments at ext. 2070 or call Ostrogorsky at ext. 6975.
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