Loading the experiments
The four experiment racks were loaded one by one into the plane. This was not an easy task! One of the racks was nearly too big to fit through the plane door and another one did not fit exactly within the rails of the plane.
Loading the ABC experiment
Setting up the ABC experiment inside the plane
Students from the Dust Side of the Force team working inside the plane
The AstEx team setting their experiment
The Complex team working inside the plane
Related links
- Assembly of racks
http://www.esa.int/Education/Fly_Your_Thesis/Assembly_of_experiment_racks - Loading the experiments
http://www.esa.int/Education/Fly_Your_Thesis/Loading_the_experiments - First parabolic flight
http://www.esa.int/Education/Fly_Your_Thesis/First_parabolic_flight - Second flight
http://www.esa.int/Education/Fly_Your_Thesis/Second_parabolic_flight - Last flight
http://www.esa.int/Education/Fly_Your_Thesis/Third_parabolic_flight