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Electromagnetic Levitator

The new electromagnetic levitator on the International Space Station suspends liquid metals in weightlessness as they cool and solidify in ESA’s Columbus laboratory.

 

Image Credit:

German Aerospace Center, DLR

 

Read full article:

www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/eml/#.VGzLd0iy63K

 

Image credit: NASA

 

More about space station research:

www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html

 

Flickr Album: Space Station Research Affects Lives:

www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/sets/72157634178107799/

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