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"Mini" Earth ready to travel to the ISS

Friedrichshafen, Germany - On board of the ATV2 "Johannes Kepler", once on the Station, will serve for experiments to investigate flow patterns in the Earth's mantle

Tomorrow, Tuesday 15 February, a "Mini" Earth is scheduled to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) to gain a better understanding of the processes in the Earth's mantle, which lead to volcanism, plate tectonics and also to earthquakes. The scientific experiment "Geoflow II" was built by Astrium on behalf of the European Space Agency. In contrast to "Geoflow I" that studied flows in...

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Rome, Italy, 02/14/2011 17:12
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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