Sample Exchange for OASIS (IMAGE)

NASA/Johnson Space Center

Sample Exchange for OASIS

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Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko conducts a sample exchange for the OASIS investigation. OASIS studies the unique behavior of liquid crystals in microgravity, including their overall motion and the merging of crystal layers known as smectic islands.

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