Exp 60 crew eat dinner on International Space Station
There is plenty of science on the boil at the International Space Station - including an experiment literally designed to expand our knowledge of the boiling process. Get a glimpse into the experiments ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano has been working on over the past two weeks in this fortnightly spotlight on Space Station science. The European Astro Pi Challenge is a school project run by ESA in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation and gives young people the opportunity to write code that runs on mini-computers on board the International Space Station. This year, Luca is the European Astro Pi challenge ambassador and on 12 September he launched this year's challenge with a video outlining the details and calling for submissions. Keeping it fluid. As mentioned in a previous Space Station science update , there is new research bubbling up in Europe's Columbus laboratory. Luca installed the Multiscale Boiling experiment (affectionately known as Rubi) in the Fluid Science Laboratory last month.
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