History of Physical Sciences Informatics
NASA overview of the PSI repository, its research platforms, disciplines, and open-data purpose.
The sources behind the work.
Ground Blue uses technical standards, public experiment records, and peer-reviewed research to define environmental conditions and compare model results.
NASA · ESA · NIST · peer-reviewed research
Source register
Each entry explains how the source contributes to an environmental model, engineering question, or test.
Open data
Open source
Physical Sciences Informatics Data Repository
Searchable repository for NASA-funded physical-science data and supporting material.
Fluid physics
Fluid Physics
NASA overview of low-gravity fluid and transport research on the ISS.
A Researcher’s Guide to Fluid Physics
Technical introduction to fluid research in near-weightless and reduced-gravity environments.
Reduced gravity
The Benefits of Microgravity
Explains the reduced roles of convection, sedimentation, and buoyancy and the increased importance of surface tension.
Capillary flow
Capillary Flow Experiment | PSI-38
Investigation record, objectives, data, and literature for NASA’s ISS capillary-flow experiments.
Test platforms
Drop towers
Official description of short-duration microgravity testing at the ZARM drop tower.
Parabolic flights
Official overview of parabolic-flight reduced-gravity profiles, uses, and limits.
Model credibility
NASA-STD-7009A: Standard for Models and Simulations
NASA requirements and recommendations for verification, validation, uncertainty, sensitivity, and reporting.
NISTIR 8298: Industrial Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification
Government review of computational-model verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification.
Environments
Moon Facts
NASA reference for lunar surface gravity and environmental context.
Mars at a Glance
JPL reference for Martian gravity and physical characteristics.
Environmental testing
Phenix Thermal Vacuum Chamber
Official description of representative vacuum and thermal-cycle testing for space hardware.
Engineering Evaluation Laboratory
NASA Ames facility overview covering vibration, thermal-vacuum, shock, pressure, acceleration, and related tests.