Microgravity Molecular Crystal Growth Onboard the ISS National Lab: A Program Overview

The International Space Station (ISSInternational Space Station) U.S. National Laboratory provides a valuable platform for improved molecular crystal growth, and the many successful crystallization experiments conducted in space over the past three decades have demonstrated this value. Crystals grown in microgravityThe condition of perceived weightlessness created when an object is in free fall, for example when an object is in orbital motion. Microgravity alters many observable phenomena within the physical and life sciences, allowing scientists to study things in ways not possible on Earth. The International Space Station provides access to a persistent microgravity environment. are often larger and more well-ordered than Earth-grown crystals.

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