using enclosed experiment spaces like glove boxes and glove bags.
We use a lot of Velcro to stick stuff to.
Another issue is bubbles in liquids.
So, on Earth, bubbles float up,
in space they don't float up,
they'll interfere with optical measurements
or stop up your microfluidics.
So space experiment equipment often
includes contraptions for stopping
or blocking or trapping bubbles.
A third issue is convection.
So on Earth,
gravity drives a process of gas
mixing called convection
and that helps circulate air.
But without that in microgravity we worry about
some of our experimental organisms
and whether they're going to get the fresh air
that they need.
So we might do things like adding a fan to their habitat,
or if we can't, we'll take their habitat
and put it somewhere
where there might already be a fan on the ISS
or in a corridor
where we think there are going to be a lot of astronauts
moving around and circulating the air.
Yet another issue is the fact
that a lot of the laboratory instruments
we use on Earth are not designed for microgravity.
So to ensure that gravity doesn't
play a factor in how they work,
we might do experiments on the ground
where we turn them on their side or upside down,
or rotate them on a rotisserie
to make sure that they keep working.
So, as you can tell, for
every experiment that we do
on the International Space Station,
there's a whole team of scientists
on the ground that has spent years
developing the experiment design.
And so I guess the answer
to how we do research in microgravity is with a lot
of practice and preparation.
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