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Report from the Royal Astronomical Society Commission on “The Scientific Case for Human Space Flight”
18 October 2005

RAS discussion meeting on The Scientific Case for Human Space Exploration
London, 10 December 2004

Outcome of UK Government Review of Microgravity
10 May 2004

 

Microgravity
Sounding Rocket being launchedLife Sci Experiment on a parabolic flightParabolic Flight
Research Facilties

What is microgravity?

Contacts

Space Shuttle above the Earth

UK facilities

Facilities outside the UK

 

 

UK Research
Dendritic crystal growth in metalsFlame in Microgravity
References

UK Involvement

Main areas and applications of microgravity research

UK Microgravity review

MRC / BNSC Workshop: Space for Health or Health for Space?

 

For Sale? Astronaut above the Earth.

Useful links

Glossary of abbreviations

NASA Research Maximisation and Prioritisation (ReMaP) report

Where is the ISS?

 

 

This web site is run by the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory on behalf of the British National Space Centre to provide information about the purpose of orbital research using microgravity (or 'zero-g'), how it is done, and UK work in this area.


Jeremy Curtis, UK Microgravity Co-ordinator
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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