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A weightless experiment

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Travis Michalak (left) and 2nd Lt. Ryan Claycamp monitor an experiment aboard a specially equipped NASA KC-135A that simulates microgravity, or weightlessness, conditions in space. Both men are from the Air Force Research Laboratory's propulsion directorate. They endured about 160 weightless maneuvers to find new ways to cool electronic devices used in space vehicles like satellites, the space shuttle and the International Space Station. The team is attempting to remove the heat generated by electronic devices that will power the next-generation of space vehicles. (Courtesy photo)

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A weightless experiment

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Travis Michalak (left) and 2nd Lt. Ryan Claycamp monitor an experiment aboard a specially equipped NASA KC-135A that simulates microgravity, or weightlessness, conditions in space. Both men are from the Air Force Research Laboratory's propulsion directorate. They endured about 160 weightless maneuvers to find new ways to cool electronic devices used in space vehicles like satellites, the space shuttle and the International Space Station. The team is attempting to remove the heat generated by electronic devices that will power the next-generation of space vehicles. (Courtesy photo)

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