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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Astronauts have been going to space since 1961, but they still don t have a refrigerator to use for keeping food cold on long missions to the moon or Mars.
Through experiments conducted in microgravity, a team of engineers from Purdue University, Air Squared Inc., and Whirlpool Corporation has shown that a prototype they developed could potentially overcome the challenges of getting a traditional fridge to work in space just as well as it does on Earth.
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Boffins are set to get a ride on the Zero Gravity Corporation s weightless research lab to test a refrigerator designed for jaunts to orbit, the Moon or even Mars.
The engineers from Purdue University, Air Squared and Whirlpool are working on a refrigerator that will function in different orientations as well as the one more suited to domestic kitchens on Earth. The idea is to give astronauts access to food not necessarily freeze-dried or squirted out of a packet (and liberally dosed with hot sauce.)
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. â For astronauts to go on long missions to the moon or Mars, they ll need a refrigerator.
But todayâs fridges arenât designed to work in zero gravity â or upside down if oriented that way when a spacecraft lands on another planet.
A team of engineers from Purdue University, Air Squared Inc., and Whirlpool Corporation is working on building a fridge for zero gravity that operates in different orientations and just as well as the one in your kitchen, giving astronauts access to longer-lasting and more nutritious food.
In May, the team will test their fridge design on Zero Gravity Corporationâs (ZERO-G) unique weightless research lab. The only testing space of its kind in the United States, the specially designed plane will fly in microgravity dozens of times â for 20-second intervals â during each of four flights. Data from these flights, which are supported by NASAâs Flight Opportunities program,
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The Spring 2021 UB Volleyball season begins on Friday. A year ago, the Bulls won 7 of their last 10 matches, and defeated many of the top teams in the MAC, to earn the #7 seed in the MAC Tournament. They went on to win a match in the MAC Tournament “round of 8”, for the first time in program history.
But, five seniors from that team, all of whom saw regular playing time, have graduated, leaving huge holes to fill in the offense. The good news is that most players return who contributed large parts to the defense, and the incoming class received an Honorable Mention award from PrepVolleyball.com.