Buch, Englisch, 91 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 325 g
Weightlessness Phenomena and Life on Space Station
Buch, Englisch, 91 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 325 g
ISBN: 978-981-1992-20-9
Verlag: Springer
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Preface
0 Introduction:Why do we fly into the space?
1 Free fall and weightlessness in gravity
1-1 The story of Isaac Newton and the apple falling
1-2 Why does a cannonball fall down to earth but the moon does not?
1-3 Why do scientists launch spacecrafts from the equator?
1-4 Weight and weightlessness
1-5 The wonderful world of microgravity
2 Measure the body weight on space station
2-1 Measure the weight on the ground
2-2 Measure the “weight” or mass of astronaut on space station
2-3 Why do we confuse weight and mass?
2-4 Mass and weight from north pole to equator
2-5 How is Earth’s mass measured?
2-6 Short summary on mass and weight
3 The space swing never stops
3-1 Constructing a simple pendulum
3-2 A pendulum anchored in the cosmos
3-3 The mystery of swinging
3-4 Keeping time with a pendulum
3-5 Simple pendulum motion in gymnastics
3-6 A pendulum in weightlessness state
4 The Gyroscope on space station
4-1 Stability of a spinning gyroscope
4-2 Gyroscope in weightlessness
4-3 Gyroscopes in our daily life
4-4 Gyroscopes in universe: Earth and pulsar
5 Wonders of water in weightlessness
5-1 Shape of water drop in weightlessness
5-2 Thin film of water on space station
5-3 Super water globe ball and cocktail on space station
5-4 Amazing surface tension
5-5 Disappearance of buoyancy force in weightlessness
6 Viewing universe and Earth on space station
6-1 Why are stars not twinkling seen from space station?
6-2 Space station: 16 times of sunrise or sunset in one day
6-3 Why is Earth shown as a blue planet?
6-4 Moon is much brighter seen on space station
6-5 Can naked eye see the Great Wall from space station?
6-6 Space telescope from Hubble to James Webb
7 Wonderful space life:part one
7-1 Playing with fire on space station: round flame
7-2 Will people shed tears on the space station?
7-3 Will the astronauts become taller on space?
7-4 Spacewalking outside of a spacecraft
8 Wonderful space life: part two
8-1 Sleeping in weightlessness
8-2 Drinking and eating on space station
8-3 Brushing teeth and taking shower on space station
8-4 Space toilet and water cycling system
9 Extended knowledge and products based on space exploration
9-1 Effects of weightlessness on women and men
9-2 Animals respond to weightlessness
9-3 Risk of cosmic rays and solar wind storm on astronauts
9-4 Plant growth on space station
9-5 Broad knowledge inside the spacesuit
10 Postscript: Flying into space is a human dream