Flying fish in 0g


Flying fish on 31st parabollic flight campaign
 
On ESA's 31st parabolic flight campaign, students from the University of Lund, Sweden, recorded the motion of four fish under various lighting conditions - from above, from below, from the side and without any light.

Under microgravity the fish tended to align themselves so that the light came from above. When there was no light, the fish used pressure sensors on their body to align themselves with respect to rods installed in the aquarium.

(Photo: ESA)

Interview with André Kuipers
 
ESA astronaut André Kuipers is interviewed in 0g by TV journalist Michal Locher from German TV news programme Sat1.

Campaign team
 
The team for ESA's 31st parabolic flight campaign in front of the Airbus A-300 'Zero-G'.



Release date: 5 February 2002