Enabling & Support
Handling samples
Researcher Mary Diane Pilapil handles samples after a hypergravity test. The latest international group to employ ESA’s Large Diameter Centrifuge is a team from University of San Carlos and Holy Name University in the Philippines. The researchers are testing how bioprinted bone cells respond to hypergravity when grown on 3D-printed scaffolds made from carrageenan – a carbohydrate extracted from seaweed farmed in the tropics.
Thomas Reiter handles the infrared camera used to ph…
Mars Sample Return Earth Return Orbiter sample container
Sample Fetch Rover for Mars Sample Return campaign
Mars Sample Return – overview
