| Name | The Weak Equivalence Principle |
| Operational Nomenclature | Weak Equivalence Principle |
| URL | https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=WeakEquivalencePrinciple_DROP |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-6z2ehon |
| Platform | Drop Facilities |
| HRE-E3P Category | Physical Sciences |
| Mission | Drop Tower Bremen 1994 |
| Keywords | ESA Human and Robotic Exploration data, HREDA dataset, Human and Robotic Exploration Data Archive, ESA exploration mission data, human spaceflight experiment data, robotic exploration telemetry dataset, International Space Station experiment data, ISS Columbus module data, microgravity research dataset, life sciences space experiment data, space physiology measurements dataset, radiation exposure measurements spaceflight, life support systems performance data, closed-loop environmental control data, ECLSS telemetry dataset, astronaut biomedical monitoring data, space habitat systems engineering data, robotic surface operations dataset, planetary exploration robotics data, lunar exploration technology demonstration data, Mars analog experiment dataset, in-situ resource utilization ISRU experiment data, space systems engineering telemetry, mission operations engineering data, payload performance dataset, calibrated experiment data products, time-series telemetry data, spaceflight sensor measurements, ESA exploration science archive data, long-duration spaceflight research dataset |
| Team Coordinator Name | Hansjorg Dittus, P Mazilu, W Vodel |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Team Members | WeakEquivalencePrinciple_DROP |
| Publication | Claus Lämmerzahl, Hansjörg Dittus, 1999, Das Äquivalenzprinzip auf dem Prüfstand, Physik in unserer Zeit, Vol. 30, 2, 54-61, , 10.1002/piuz.19990300203 Hansjörg Dittus, W Vodel, S Lochmann, C Mehls, S Nietzsche, J von Zameck Glyscinski, H Koch, 1998, Drop Tower Tests of the Equivalence Principle, Advances for Space Research W Vodel, H Koch, S Nietzsche, J von Zameck Glyscinski, R Neubert, M Pilz, Hansjörg Dittus, S Lochmann, C Mehls, D Lockowandt, 1998, Application of High Performance LTS SQUID Systems in Gravitational Experiments, Proc. 1998 Appl. Superconductivity Conf. W Vodel, S Nietzsche, H Koch, J von Zameck Glyscinski, R Neubert, Hansjörg Dittus, S Lochmann, C Mehls, D Lockowandt, 1998, High Sensitive DC SQUID Based Position Detectors for Application in Gravitational Experiments at the Drop-tower Bremen, Short Term Experiments under Microgravity, Vol. 4, 167, Hansjörg Dittus, Gordon and Breach Science Publisher, New York W Vodel, H Koch, S Nietzsche, C Mehls, J von Zameck Glyscinski, Hansjörg Dittus, S Lochmann, 1996, Low Noise LTS SQUIDs for Application in Gravitational Experiments, Proc. Applied Superconductivity Conf., Pittsburgh, USA Hansjörg Dittus, P Mazilu, Ralf Greger, S Lochmann, D Lockowandt, Hans J Rath, 1996, Recent Progress in the Weak Equivalence Principle Experiment at Drop Tower Bremen, Proc. Intern. Workshop Drop Tower Days 1996, Bremen, Germany, , 6:14-6:17 Hansjörg Dittus, Ralf Greger, S Lochmann, W Vodel, H Koch, S Nietzsche, J von Zameck Glyscinski, C Mehls, P Mazilu, 1996, Testing the Weak Principle of Equivalence on Drop Tower Bremen: Report on Recent Developments, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 13, A43-A51 Hansjörg Dittus, Ralf Greger, S Lochmann, P Mazilu, 1994, Precise Experimental Free Fall Tests of the Weak Principle of Equivalence, Proc. 7th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, Stanford, USA Hansjörg Dittus, Ralf Greger, S Lochmann, 1994, Test of the Weak Principle of Equivalence with Experiments on Drop Tower Bremen, Proc. Intern. Workshop Drop Tower Days 1994, Bremen, Germany, , 193-197 Hansjörg Dittus, Ralf Greger, P Mazilu, 1993, Experiments to Test the Weak Principle of Equivalence by means of the Very Low Level of Residual Acceleration During Free Fall on Drop Tower Bremen, Proc. 2nd William Fairbank Conf. on Relativistic Gravitational Experiments in Space and Related Theoretical Topics, Hong Kong P Mazilu, Hansjörg Dittus, 1993, The Equivalence Principle within the Lorentz-invariant Scalar Field Theory of Gravity - Report on Theoretical Studies for Experiments on Drop Tower Bremen, ESA-WPP 115, , 85-95 |
| Temporal Coverage | 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z/1994-12-31T00:00:00Z |
| Mission Description | The HRE Data Archive (HREDA) collects information and data of investigations funded or co-funded by ESA’s Directorate for Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) and performed on microgravity and ground-based facilities since 1972. |
| Creator Contact | https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/help/contact |
| Date Published | 2025-11-09T15:33:08Z |
| Last Update | 2026-03-04 |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Hansjorg Dittus et al., 2025, 'Weak Equivalence Principle', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-6z2ehon |