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Astrium delivered the DECLIC

Paris, France - It is a tool to measure the microgravity

CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales), the French space agency received recently the first tool to measure the microgravity developed by Astrium for the installation on ISS - International Space Station, by 2008. This tool, called DECLIC - Dispositif per L’Etude de La Croissance et des Liquides Critiques will have an essential role to carry out experiments on the solidification of transparent mat...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1076248
Rome, Italy, 07/03/2007 12:03
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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