Expedition Five Science Operations Status Report for week ending Sept. 18, 2002.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 September 2002-NASA: Expedition Five Science Operations Status Report for week ending Sept. 18, 2002 (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09182002 The second Microgravity Science Glovebox research project is scheduled to begin Thursday aboard the International Space Station, studying bubbles that can become trapped in metal alloys used to produce engine turbine blades and semiconductor crystals for electronic devices.

The Pore Formation and Mobility Investigation (PFMI) will melt samples of a transparent modeling material, succinonitrile and succinonitrile water mixtures. Investigators will be able to observe how bubbles form in the samples and study their movements and interactions. "Bubbles sound simple," said Dr. Richard...