André Kuipers demonstrates the dependence on gravity for convective flow
- 9 years ago
As part of the PromISSe mission, André Kuipers undertook an extensive education programme called Spaceship Earth.
This involved performing two experiments which demonstrate the effect of gravity of everyday phenomena such as convection and formation and collapse of foam.
In this short clip, André performs the experiment in microgravity and concludes that convection is a gravity dependent process.
André also takes the time to observe the Earth through the cupola and discusses all the convection processes on Earth which influence the atmosphere, the oceans and within the Earth's core.
Children can participate in the experiment by ordering the educational ground kit from www.esa.int/promisse website.
This involved performing two experiments which demonstrate the effect of gravity of everyday phenomena such as convection and formation and collapse of foam.
In this short clip, André performs the experiment in microgravity and concludes that convection is a gravity dependent process.
André also takes the time to observe the Earth through the cupola and discusses all the convection processes on Earth which influence the atmosphere, the oceans and within the Earth's core.
Children can participate in the experiment by ordering the educational ground kit from www.esa.int/promisse website.