The second United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-2), flown in March 1994, carried four major microgravity experiments plus a sophisticated accelerometer system. The USMP program is designed to accommodate experiments requiring extensive resources short of a full Spacelab mission. The four USMP-2 experiments dealt with understanding fundamental aspects of materials behavior, three with the formation of crystals from melts and one with the critical point of a noble gas. This successful mission also demonstrated telescience operations.
Second United States Microgravity Payload: One Year Report
1996
188 pages
Report
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Englisch
Solid State Physics , Astronautics , Basic & Synthetic Chemistry , Materials Sciences , Common Carrier & Satellite , Accelerometers , Crystal growth , Gravitational effects , Instrument orientation , Microgravity , Payloads , Rare gases , Spaceborne experiments , Teleoperators , Communication networks , Melts (Crystal growth)