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.