DropCoal, an experiment developed entirely in Romania by the Romanian InSpace Engineering (RISE) with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA), is set to launch in a few days to the International Space Station (ISS). It will run for 6 months on the ISS, studying how two droplets merge and mix in microgravity.<\/p>\n
The launch is expected to take place in early November from the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, according to a RISE announcement<\/a>. Once on board the ISS, it will take its place in the ICE Cubes Facility of the Columbus module.\u00a0<\/p>\n The device will be remotely operated from the ground by a RISE engineer, who will follow the scenarios outlined by the science team, which will analyze the results and draw conclusions.<\/p>\n \u201cDropCoal was designed to study the coalescence and mixing of liquids during a 6-month mission aboard the International Space Station. More precisely, during an experiment, the device generates two drops of different substances, filming with an ultra-fast camera how they come together and mix in microgravity. DropCoal was designed to run 560 such experiments over the course of the entire mission,\u201d reads a press release quoted by Agerpres<\/a>.<\/p>\n The findings resulting from this experiment are of particular importance for space exploration, as they will help scientists improve the way of administering medicine to astronauts or fueling various spacecraft.<\/p>\n Further information can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n