Background about Microgravity

Activity 1 Around the World

Activity 2 Free-fall Demonstrator

Activity 3 Falling Water

Activity 4 Accelerometers

Activity 5 Gravity and Acceleration

Activity 6 Inertial Balance, Part 1

Activity 7 Inertial Balance, Part 2

Activity 8 Gravity-Driven Fluid Flow

Activity 9 Surface Tension

Activity 10 Candle Flames

Activity 11 Candle Drop

Activity 12 Contact Angle

Activity 13 Fiber Pulling

Activity 14 Crystal Growth

Activity 15 Microscopic Observation of Crystal Growth

These activities were developed by the NASA Education Division with the assistance of the many educators of the Aerospace Education Services Program, Oklahoma State University.

Related Web Pages

• Visit the MSL-1 Ground Science Cyber-Laboratory and earn yourself a genuine Marshall LIFTOFF certificate of achievement!
• Take a Virtual Tour of the MSL-1 Payload
• See more information on microgravity from the NASA's Lewis Research Center.
• Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 Daily Science Updates
• Learn more about the Future of Microgravity Science on the Space Station.
• Reduced-Gravity Demonstrator
• See a list of the Microgravity Science Missions and the experiments on the STS-83 Mission
• Why Study Materials Science In Microgravity?
• DIME: NASA Drop Tower Competition for High-School-Aged Student Teams

See more information on microgravity from the NASA's Lewis Research Center including a spot to Ask The Microgravity Scientist a question.