This series of graphs show the changing density of a cloud of atoms as it is cooled to lower and…
The official Expedition 63 crew portrait.
Russ Arasmith Skylab Artwork.
Images of human insulin crystals grown in 1-g (left) and microgravity (right). Crystals grown in microgravity are larger and of…
Liquid heated to boiling point in 1-g, generating vapor bubbles that rise. Right: Liquid heated to boiling point in microgravity,…
Calcium hydroxide (Calcium hydroxide (CH, portlandite) crystals seen in the fractured cross section of C3S pastes solidified in 1g and…
The Observation and Analysis of Smectic Islands in Space (OASIS) experiment examines the behavior of liquid crystals in microgravity. Specifically…
Dendritic Growth - 1g results (left) vs microgravity results (right)
On Earth, gravity-driven buoyant convection causes a candle flame to be teardrop-shaped and carries soot to the flame's tip, which…
Inside CAL, lasers and magnetic traps are used to slow atoms down until they are almost motionless. The atoms can…
