The photographs were taken in flight aboard NASA's KC-135, which simulates a microgravity environment. Edward A. Hovenac, the engineer in charge of the project, said they had a very successful flight with the GK-500 pressure reaction compatibility vessels. Experiments concluded that conventional packaging of aerosols will not behave the same in space.

With no gravity present the product will not stay at the bottom of the container. Therefore, the dip tube can not make constant contact with the product, making dispensing very inconsistent and inefficient. The vessels were fitted into the PSGK-500, a polycarbonate hand-held shield made of the same material as bullet proof glass.

Aero-tech is now involved in a second R&D project with NASA to help solve this problem. It involves a product from Advanced Monobloc, a division of CCL Container, which is the Advanced Barrier System, (ABS) bag in the can barrier. The outcome of these experiments should greatly differ. Due to the design of this product, it offers all-attitude, 360-degree dispensing. Aero-tech will post the results of the experiments when concluded. If successful, the protype lab equipment that is being used in this experiment will be used on the space station.

In the future, Aero-tech will be continuing to support NASA with R&D laboratory equipment on the ground and on the International Space Station. We are very proud to participate in this project with NASA.

The Space Station is the largest and most advanced laboratory ever built for research in space. The station will return scientific, technological, political, and economical benefits to it's International partners; United States, Russia, Canada, Japan, and certain members of the European Space Agency; Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom.