AN experiment proposed by University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) student William Kevin Abran on "Rotation of Dumbbell-Shaped Objects in Space" was selected to be performed on the International Space Station (ISS).

"In our experiment, we want to check if the Dumbbell-shaped object is stable when rotated in different ways or will it also follow the same tumbling motion as the T-shape. Understanding the behavior of dumbbell shapes can help in predicting the motion of spacecraft or even the motion of asteroids with the same shape," he explained in a message to The Manila Times.

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