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The space water question: Toronto experiment could solve decades-old galactic mystery

July 20, 2016

It’s a sim­ple prob­lem that has nev­er con­clu­sive­ly been answered: How does water behave in space? That ques­tion is the focus of a long-await­ed Cana­di­an exper­i­ment launched by rock­et Mon­day to the Inter­na­tion­al Space Sta­tion, where astro­nauts will unbun­dle a cam­era and a sealed jar of water sent their way by Aaron Per­sad — a post-doc­tor­al fel­low in engi­neer­ing at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to. Read more.