Development of Vehicle for Balloon-Based Microgravity Experiment and Its Flight Results

Shujiro Sawai,Tatsuaki Hashimoto,Shin-ichiro Sakai,Nobutaka Bando,Hiroaki Kobayashi,Kazuhisa Fujita,Tetsuo Yoshimitsu,Takehiko Ishikawa,Yuko Inatomi,Hideyuki Fuke,Yukio Kamata,Shinji Hoshino,Kenichi Tajima,Shohei Kadooka,Satoshi Uehara,Takayuki Kojima,Seiya Ueno,Kouji Miyaji,Nobuyuki Tsuboi,Kouju Hiraki,Kojiro Suzuki,Kiyoho Matsushima,Takashi Nakata

Development of Vehicle for Balloon-Based Microgravity Experiment and Its Flight Results

2008

Rocket-shaped vehicle is developed to conduct microgravity experiment by dropping from the high-altitude balloon. Its design strategy and development status is introduced. Also, the result of its 2nd flight test is summarized to show the feasibility of the balloon-based microgravity experiment.

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Engineering
Aeronautics
Flight test
Aerospace engineering
Balloon
Design strategy

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