The 2.2 Second Drop Tower

The 2.2 Second Drop Tower

NASA's Drop Tower at Glenn Research Center allows researchers to study microgravity by dropping experiments from 79 feet, creating 2.2 seconds of free fall. This facility helps scientists test how physical phenomena like combustion and fluid dynamics behave in microgravity, aiding the development of technology for space missions.

Topics

  • fluid physics
  • NASA
  • space exploration
  • gravity
  • free fall
  • research
  • drop tower
  • microgravity
  • combustion