Under the framework of cooperation between CSU and DLR, the Microgravity Active vibration Isolation System (MAIS) developed by CSU passed the DLR PFC review in February and was granted the flight opportunity to take part in the 27th DLR PFC which will take place from Aug 31st to Sep 11th in Bordeaux airport.
The MAIS can lower down the gravity level by 1-2 orders, and supports to several science and utilization experiments that will be implemented in China manned space utilization mission.
Parabolic aircraft is one of the main platforms to implement (micro)gravity experiment, with the advantage of short preparation period, low cost, repeating microgravity phases, and the ability for man-tending on board. It has been widely used in astronauts training, scientific experiments and space equipment function verification. This flight will employ the new parabolic aircraft Airbus A310 ZERO-G owned by NOVESPACE. The former aircraft A300 ZERO-G retired in 2014 after completed successful 12000 flights. The experiment environment and support capability of the new A310 are much improved based on the previous A300 aircraft.
