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Microgravity
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Key persornel in the Mechanics of Granular Materials (MGM) experiment include Khalid Alshibli, project scientist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Sand and soil grains have faces that can cause friction as they roll and slide against each other, or even cause sticking and form small voids between grains. This complex behavior can cause soil to behave like a liquid under certain conditions such as earthquakes or when powders are handled in industrial processes.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMicrogravity. NASA/MSFC, 2000-07-01. Public domain. ID: 0003868.
