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Adam and Hirsa Present Research on the Ring-Sheared Drop

Researchers across Space Biology and Physical Sciences come together for a special presentation at the May PSI Users Group. The Ring-Sheared Drop (RSD) is a Microgravity Science Glovebox experiment that launched in July 2019 to the ISS to study shearing flow in the absence of solid walls. The major goals of this project were to […]

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NASA Drop Test Supports Safer Air Taxi Designs

As the aviation industry works to design air taxis and other new electric aircraft, there’s a growing need to understand how the materials behave. That’s why NASA is investigating potential air taxi materials and designs to best protect passengers in the event of a crash. On June 26, 2025, at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, researchers dropped […]