Marshall Space Flight Center
Low-Gravity and Containerless Materials Research

Anyone involved in the low-gravity, containerless materials research program sponsored by NASA/HQ is invited to contribute information regarding their projects. Please contact the NASA Coordinator below for more information.

Facilities

MSFC Drop Tube
MSFC Drop Tower Facility

Projects

FTIR Spectroscopy of Levitated High-Temperature Liquids
Microgravity Electromagnetic Levitator (MEL)
Analysis of the Non-Isothermal Impaction-Spreading and Freezing of Metal Droplets
Utilization of a Low-gravity Environment to Fabricate Uniformly Composite Spheres from Immiscible Alloy Systems
Containerless, Low-Gravity Undercooling of Quasi-Crystalline Materials
Nucleation Statistics of Nb under Various Drop Tube Processing Conditions
Undercooling Behavior of Immiscible Metal Alloys Without Container-Induced Wetting and Nucleation

Services

Drop Tube Bibliography
Drop Tower Bibliography
Science Advisor
NASA Informational Sources

Links

Inta Drop Tower

MSFC Home Page|SSL Home Page

Curators: Tom Rathz tom.rathz@msfc.nasa.gov ; Mike Myszka/UAH mike.myszka@msfc.nasa.gov
Responsible Official: Dr. Mike Robinson mike.robinson@msfc.nasa.gov

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Marshall Space Flight Center Low-Gravity and Containerless Materials Research

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Low-Gravity and Containerless Materials Research