Parabolic Flight Demonstration of Fluid Dispensing Tube Performance Limits for Drop Delivery

Completed TRL 5 (started at 4, targeting 5)

Description

This experiment will use slightly modified prior parabolic flight Ring Shear Drop hardware (T0146, T0183) to perform engineering development tests, specifically for the droplet delivery tube (D-tube), to support the Ring Shear Drop (RSD) ISS flight experiment.

Articles:
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Benefits

• Improved: New design overcomes challenges of current tube design in space station experiment • Predictive: Tests will provide data that will improve computational models for tube design outcomes

Details

Technology area	Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems > Human Health and Performance > Prevention and Countermeasures
Program	Flight Opportunities (FO)
Lead organization	Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
Start date	2020-02-25
End date	2023-02-25

Project contacts

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Sridhar Gorti — sridhar.gorti@nasa.gov

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