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Opis bibliograficzny
Altered gravity experiments during analog missions / Agata KOŁODZIEJCZYK // Annales Astronomiae Novae ; ISSN 2719-3616. — 2023 — vol. 4, s. 299-310. — Bibliogr. s. 309-310, Abstr.
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| ID BaDAP | 149847 |
|---|---|
| Data dodania do BaDAP | 2023-11-29 |
| Tekst źródłowy | URL |
| Rok publikacji | 2023 |
| Typ publikacji | artykuł w czasopiśmie |
| Otwarty dostęp |  |
| Czasopismo/seria | Annales Astronomiae Novae |
Abstract
Gravity is omnipresent on Earth; however, organisms in space experience microgravity, which induces multiple morphological and functional changes in gravity-dependent systems, such as skeleton, muscles, circulation, perception and development. Random Positioning Machines (RPMs) are widely used in analog studies on the Earth as tools to simulate microgravity. They consist of two gimbals mounted frames, which constantly rotate biological samples around two perpendicular axes and thus distribute the Earth’s gravity vector in all directions over time. Starting from 2016, several prototypes of RPM machines were used for educational purposes during space analog missions organized by the author. This paper is an overview of basic information critical to understand how to use this type of instrument in the experimentation process in order to obtain relevant data. Adjusting the speed of the RPM machine as well as appropriate reference control samples are crucial to observe biological processes induced in altered gravity experiments during space analog missions.
