Virgin Galactc SpaceShip Two
Understanding how particle-laden droplets come in contact and stick to different materials has many applications in industrial processes, such as spray, plasma spray, and drop-on-demand coating technologies. A microgravity environment provides an extraordinary laboratory to investigate the complex interaction processes and the mechanisms involved. The 29th June, Virgin Galactic mission will take off for a suborbital flight and 13 CNR experiments. Among them: droP Impact iN micro-Gravity (PING), a collaboration of researchers of CNR-IMM, CNR-ISOF and Free University of Brussels (ULB). Mounted on Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two, the developed autonomous rack will expel droplets from nozzles onto different materials with tuned micro-structured surfaces, to look at how the drops adhere and move around the plates. The crew of Virgin Galactic mission will include on board a CNR researcher (Pantaleone Carlucci) and two members of the Air Force (Walter Villadei and Angelo Landolfi).
Here, more details of the experiments on board of Virgin Galactic:
https://www.virgingalactic.com/galactic-01-research-payloads-fact-sheet
For following updates the link below:
https://bit.ly/VGG01Crew
