Space Grains
The aim of the Space Grains project is to study the dynamics and the statistical mechanics of an ensemble of particles that dissipates due to collisions. The experiments focus on clustering mechanisms, thermal fluctuations, convection, segregation and physical phenomena related to excited granular systems.
Coordination : E.Falcon and N.Vandewalle.-
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Operation of VIPGRAN instrument – April 4, 2022
The aims of this on-line meeting is to clarify and to explain the operation of Vipgran instrument for ISS. The objective is to have the same understanding of the operation on the Science Team, USOC (CADMOS), and ESA.
Attendance: Science Team , CADMOS, and ESA
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10th Parabolic Flight Campaign for Vip-Gran – April 2021

The Space Grains collaboration will use the Vip-Gran instrument during the 75th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign, 19 – 30 April, 2021 at Novespace, Bordeaux (France)
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9th Parabolic Flight Campaign for Vip-Gran – Nov. 2020
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Space Grains TT Meeting, July 2020
The aim of the workshop is notably to prepare the 9th Parabolic Flight Campaign (PFC73) of the VIPGRAN instrument in November 2020. The workshop will be held in the zoom platform on July 21, 2020
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Granulogy project annual meeting (ESA – CMSA/CSU collaboration) – Janv. 2020
The annual conference of the joint project GRANULOGY (Granular media in low-gravity environment) under Europe (ESA) and China (CMSA/CSU) Space Science and Utilization collaboration program is hold on 13th and 14th of January 2020 at Institut of Physics (IOP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China) with Chinese and European members of Space Grains.
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8th Parabolic Flight Campaign for Vip-Gran – Nov. 2019
The Space Grains collaboration will use the Vip-Gran instrument during the 72th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign, 18 – 29 November, 2019 at Novespace, Bordeaux (France)
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Space Grains TT Meeting at Granada (Spain), 26 Sept. 2019
A Space Grains Topical Team meeting was held in Granada (Spain) during the 26th ELGRA Symposium. Discussions mainly concerned the progress on the prototype and flight models of the Vip-Gran instrument.
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ESA – CMSA/CSU Space Science and Utilisation Workshop – May 2019
We will present the 7 – 8 May 2019 our joint project GRANULOGY (Granular media in low-gravity environment) between Europe (ESA) and China (CMSA/CSU) at ESA Headquarters (The Netherlands), with Chinese and European members of Space Grains.
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7th Parabolic Flight Campaign for Vip-Gran – May 2019
The Space Grains collaboration will use the Vip-Gran instrument during the 71th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign, 13 – 24 May, 2019 at Novespace, Bordeaux (France)
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