Educational & Humanitarian projects on ISS Russian Segment
Experiment MATI-75
Space experiment MATI-75 is dedicated to the 75th anniversary
of MATI – K.E.Tsiolkovsky Russian State Technological University and
150th anniversary of the founder of the theoretical space science
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky.
Objective:
- To demonstrate the effect of shape and size recovery and stabilization when exposing to heating and cooling in zero gravity a plastic piece
precompressed on the ground.
- To give students and post-graduate students practical skills in
staging a space experiment and conducting ground studies of foamed polymer material structure obtained in the ground and space environments.
Task:
To demonstrate and record on video the process of recovery under heating
and stabilization under cooling of the shapes and dimensions of foamed
polyurethane pieces.
Science Hardware Used:
Flight Equipment Used:
- HDV Sony HVR-Z1 video camera.
Consumables:
Experiment Results:
- Obtained samples: blocks (cubes, cylinders) and promotional materials
(MATI-75 logo and K.E.Tsiolkovsky bas-relief);
- Video records of the plastic foam size and shape recovery process.
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