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Hypergravity Facilities in the ESA Ground-Based Facility Program – Current Research Activities and Future Tasks

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Research on Artificial Gravity (AG) created by linear acceleration or centrifugation has a long history and could significantly contribute to realize long-term human spaceflight in the future. Employing centrifuges plays a prominent role in human physiology and gravitational biology. This article gives a short review about the background of Artificial Gravity with respect to hypergravity (including partial gravity) and provides information about actual ESA ground-based facilities for research on a variety of biosystems such as cells, plants, animals or, particularly, humans.

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    Timo Frett, Guido Petrat, Ruth Hemmersbach & Ralf Anken

  2. Dutch Experiment Support Center (DESC), Department of Oral Cell Biology, ACTA-Free University, van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081, BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Jack J. W. A. van Loon

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Frett, T., Petrat, G., W. A. van Loon, J.J. et al. Hypergravity Facilities in the ESA Ground-Based Facility Program – Current Research Activities and Future Tasks. Microgravity Sci. Technol. 28, 205–214 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-015-9462-9

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