http://oeit.mit.edu/taxonomy/term/34/0 en http://oeit.mit.edu/gallery/projects/microgravity-environments <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_image" width="320" height="240" alt="" src="http://oeit.mit.edu/sites/default/files/staff/microGrotations320x240.jpg?1250791468" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-collections"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/gallery/collections/oeit">OEIT</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/gallery/collections/other-parts-mit">Other Parts of MIT</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-subject-areas"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/gallery/subjects/stem-sci-tech-eng-math">STEM (Sci, Tech, Eng, Math)</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-themes"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Project Themes:&nbsp;</div> <a href="/gallery/themes/visualization-and-simulation">Visualization and Simulation</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-principal-investigators"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Principal Investigators:&nbsp;</div> <a href="/dava-newman">Dava Newman</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-contributors"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Contributors:&nbsp;</div> <a href="/leia-stirling">Leia Stirling</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Contributors:&nbsp;</div> <a href="/about/staff/violeta-ivanova">Violeta Ivanova</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-project-lessons-learned"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Lessons Learned:&nbsp;</div> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-project-flash"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-x-shockwave-flash" alt="application/x-shockwave-flash icon" src="http://oeit.mit.edu/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-octet-stream.png" /><a href="http://oeit.mit.edu/sites/default/files/Microgravity-Simulation.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash; length=4994555">Microgravity-Simulation.swf</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-project-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>What physical movements should an astronaut make in micro-gravity in order to re-orient her body? With the help of visualizations designed by Violeta Ivanova, Dava Newman&#39;s students tackled this question.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>Educational Need</strong><br /> In conversation with Professor Dava Newman in June, 2008, a fascinating story emerged. A female astronaut in the International Space Station got stuck. Because she was smaller than the other astronauts, her arms and legs were too short to reach the internal handholds and she was trapped, suspended in the Space Station&rsquo;s weightless atmosphere. How to propel herself back to safe territory?</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-project-technology-used"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-project-feature"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> No </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-quote"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-project-quote"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The visualization [enables students to] understand and manipulate the physics without needing to know the underlying mathematics.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-quote-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/dava-newman">Dava Newman</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-show-quote"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> No </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-project-group"> <div class="field-label">Project Group:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Transmedia Software Applications </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-project-slogan"> <div class="field-label">Slogan:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> &quot;Seeing physical concepts in motion&quot; </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://oeit.mit.edu/gallery/projects/microgravity-environments" target="_blank">read more</a></p> aero-astro animation astronaut microgravity weightless Thu, 14 May 2009 14:10:35 +0000 drupaladmin 136 at http://oeit.mit.edu