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| Facility for Adsorption and Surface Tension (FAST) |
| SpaceHab |
| Prime: Chiaki Mukai |
| Backup: Pedro Duque |
| Overview |
| FAST, which will be housed in two SPACEHAB lockers, will be used to investigate surface phenomena at liquid-liquid and liquid-gas interfaces in microgravity to eliminate the effects of buoyancy- and gravity-driven convection. Principal scientific goals for FAST include studies of the dynamic surface tension of water solution, dilation properties of surfaces by adsorption kinetic studies, and study of the interface between non-coalescing liquids. The FAST hardware is not powered during the prelaunch/ascent phase of the mission. The experiment operations begin with the crew activating the FAST manual power switch. Once the crew switches on the power, the ground control team will send software commands to activate the science after the experiment reaches thermal equilibrium. The crew activities involve daily status checks of the FAST experiments; however, the operation and monitoring of the experiment will be controlled via ground commanding. After completion of all the experiment runs, the crew will shut off the experiment in preparation for the descent phase of the mission. |
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