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Space Program SJ-10 of Microgravity Research

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SJ-10 program provides a mission of space microgravity experiments including both fields of microgravity science and space life science aboard the 24th recoverable satellite of China. Scientific purpose of the program is to promote the scientific research in the space microgravity environment by operating the satellite at lower earth orbit for 2 weeks. There are totally 27 experiments, including 17 ones in the field of microgravity science (microgravity fluid physics 6, microgravity combustion 3, and space materials science 8) and 10 in the field of space life science (radiation biology 3, gravitational biology 3, and space biotechnology 4). These experiments were selected from more than 200 applications. The satellite will be launched in the end of 2015 or a bit later. It is expected that many fruitful scientific results on microgravity science and space life science will be contributed by this program.

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The program SJ-10 is supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program on Space Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences under the grant of XDA04020000.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Microgravity (National Microgravity Laboratory), Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, 100190, China

    W. R. Hu, J. F. Zhao, M. Long, Q. S. Liu, Q. Kang, Y. R. Wang, S. H. Xu & S. F. Wang

  2. Institute of Semiconductor, CAS, Beijing, 100083, China

    X. W. Zhang

  3. Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    H. Zhang

  4. Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing, 100190, China

    M. Y. Hou

  5. Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, CAS, Beijing, 100190, China

    W. J. Kong

  6. Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, 116026, China

    Y. Q. Sun

  7. Institute of Zoology, CAS, Beijing, 100101, China

    Y. Zhao & E. K. Duan

  8. Institute of Biophysics, CAS, Beijing, 100101, China

    H. Y. Hang

  9. Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, CAS, Shanghai, 200032, China

    Y. P. Huang, W. M. Cai & H. Q. Zheng

  10. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China

    J. F. Wang

  11. Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, Beijing, 100101, China

    J. W. Dai

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Hu, W.R., Zhao, J.F., Long, M. et al. Space Program SJ-10 of Microgravity Research. Microgravity Sci. Technol. 26, 159–169 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-014-9390-0

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