{"id":10068,"date":"2015-03-06T11:42:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T16:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10068"},"modified":"2015-03-06T11:42:48","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T16:42:48","slug":"videos-space-to-ground-iss-report-molten-metal-levitator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10068","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Space to Ground ISS report + Molten metal levitator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest NASA Space to Ground report on Int. Space Station activities:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q-Gn66sZ8Oc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is a video about an instrument used on the ISS to levitate metal while it is melted and then rapidly cooled.\u00a0Dr. Douglas Matson of Tufts University is interviewed about<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>the Electromagnetic Levitator, a piece of physics experiment hardware operating in the station\u2019s Columbus laboratory. The EML is a furnace that can heat metals to more than 2000 degrees Celsius and then cool them rapidly, and by doing so in a weightless environment\u2014with the samples suspended in mid-air\u2014allows scientists to more clearly observe some of the complex core processes of physics.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4VxPDThB1MI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest NASA Space to Ground report on Int. Space Station activities: Here is a video about an instrument used on the ISS to levitate metal while it is melted and then rapidly cooled.\u00a0Dr. Douglas Matson of Tufts University is interviewed about the Electromagnetic Levitator, a piece of physics experiment hardware operating in the station\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10068\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Space to Ground ISS report + Molten metal levitator<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,96,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space","category-micrograv","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2Co","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15662,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15662","url_meta":{"origin":10068,"position":0},"title":"Videos: &#8220;Space to Ground&#8221; report on the ISS &#8211; Mar.3.2018","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is this week's Space to Ground report from NASA about activities related to the International Space Station: https:\/\/youtu.be\/qp7IhNV8xfc Here is a nice little physics demo by ISS crew member Randy Bresnik: Watch NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik demonstrate Newton\u2019s Second Law of Motion on the International Space Station by applying\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Living in Space&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Living in Space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/qp7IhNV8xfc\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19204,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19204","url_meta":{"origin":10068,"position":1},"title":"Videos: &#8220;Space to Ground&#8221; ISS report &#8211; July.6.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest episode of NASA's weekly Space to Ground report on activities related to the International Space Station: https:\/\/youtu.be\/y2nr6X1QN0g ** A high-res demo of water in microgravity: Moving Water in Space - 8K Ultra HD Water in space behaves\u2026 differently. 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