COLLOID Experiment Execution Increments 24 & 25 EVENT DATE Progress 39P Launch 10/09/2010 Docking 12/09/2010 HW SETUP SODI Harnesses Installation 13/09/2010 SODI-COLLOID Installation Inside MSG 14/09/2010 1st Flash Disk (Science Runs) 14/09/2010 to 27/09/2010 Flight Disk Exchange 27/09/2010 2nd Flash Disk (Science Runs) 27/09/2010 to 10/05/2010 Hardware Stow 13/10/2010 Planned Shuttle Undock ULF5 10/11/2010 Data Generated On Board 1st Flash Disk 2nd Flash Disk 120 GB 71.5 GB On October 2010, another fluid physics challenge of great interest for the scientific community has been successfully faced up on board the International Space Station (ISS). It is about the COLLOID experiment completion which performance, lasting for three weeks around, was supported by the E-USOC. The COLLOID project stems from the proposal “Advanced Photonic Devices in Microgravity” that focuses on ... Read More