ISS Update: Capillary Flow Experiment 2

ISS Update: Capillary Flow Experiment 2

Dr. Mark Weislogel discusses the Capillary Flow Experiements-2 (CFE).NASA Public Affairs Officer Kelly Humphries interviews Dr. Mark Weislogel, Principal Investigator for the Capillary Flow Experiment-2 (CFE), from the Portland State University in Oregon. The CFE is a set of handheld experiments conducted by astronauts which observes the flow of liquids in microgravity using surface tension.

Topics

  • NASA
  • fluid systems
  • capillary action
  • fluid mechanics
  • surface tension
  • microgravity
  • international space station
  • ISS
  • fluid behavior
  • fluid dynamics
  • capillary flow