BioServe Space Technologies (BioServe)
Variable Gravity Machine
instrumentspaceflight payload hardwareIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- BioServe
Description
Variable Gravity Machine (VGM), a SABL insert for variable-gravity experiments up to 7.1G in microgravity aboard the ISS, covering Moon, Mars and 1G levels for on-orbit comparisons.
Official page
https://www.colorado.edu/center/bioserve/variable-gravity-machine
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Details
- Keywords
- simulated gravity, partial gravity, microgravity research, sabl insert, on-orbit controls
- Instrument platform
- ISS (SABL insert)
- Associated entity
- BioServe Space Technologies | University of Colorado Boulder
- Deployment platform
- spacecraft; ISS
- Specifications
- The VGM allows for variable gravity experiments up to 7.1G while in a microgravity environment. | This simulated gravity range covers not only the gravity levels of the Moon and Mars, but also 1G to provide on-orbit comparison studies against terrest…