Venezuelan scientists make progress in the development of aerospace technology projects

Published at: 11/12/2024 03:17 PM

Venezuelan scientists are making progress in developing research on the behavior of aluminum alloys under microgravity conditions, said the minister for science and technology, Gabriela Jiménez.

During the space “With Science + Life, the Podcast”, Jiménez the group recently presented to the Drop Tower Experiment Series program a project for structural analysis of aluminum alloy for aerospace use, resulting in winners.

He noted that thanks to this, for ten days the team had the opportunity to carry out the tests of the project at the Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity of the University of Bremen in the Federal Republic of Germany.

The research consisted of a “test to find alloys whose probability of use occurs in space”.

He pointed out that the objective is to generate the development of engineering materials and alloys in microgravity.

He also stressed that after the tests, researchers are carrying out a series of tests to determine the behavior of the matter that was generated during the experiment.

The minister stressed that this project was implemented thanks to funding provided by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), the German Aerospace Center and the National Fund for Science and Technology and Innovation (FONACIT).

He said that this represents an “advance for Venezuela, with its own engineers in aerospace.”

Mazo News Team