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Educational Demonstration of Top Spinning Motions in Space (Top)
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Overview | Description | Applications | Operations | Results | Publications | Images

Experiment/Payload Overview

Information provided courtesy of the Energia website.
Brief Summary

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Principal Investigator

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Co-Investigator(s)/Collaborator(s)

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Payload Developer Information Pending

Sponsoring Space Agency

Roscosmos

Sponsoring Organization:

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ISS Expedition Duration:

October 2007 - April 2008



Expeditions Assigned

16

Previous ISS Missions

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Experiment/Payload Description

Research Summary

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Description

Video recording of demonstration of Top spinning in weightlessness to make a film and further familiarization of students and schoolchildren with different behavior of bodies on Earth and in space.

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Applications

Space Applications

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Earth Applications

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Operations

Operational Requirements

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Operational Protocols

Demonstrate gyroscopic effect in microgravity environment.

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Results/More Information

Photo and video information recorded on a videotape and flash card.

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Related Web Sites
  • Energia - Science Research on the ISS Russian Segment

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    Publications

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    Ground Based Results Publications

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    Related Publications

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    Images

    Information provided by the investigation team to the ISS Program Scientist's Office.
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