36^th Parabolic Flight Campaign (March 2004)

• Grip force in controlled collisions in different gravitational fields
  Dr. J.-L. Thonnard- Brussels (B)
• Cardiovascular autonomic responsiveness to heamodynamic changes during parabolic flight: parallelism with long-term in µ in space
  Dr. A. Aubert - Leuven (B)

38^th Parabolic Flight Campaign (October 2004)

• High performance grooved surfaces and separators for enhanced condensers in µ
  Dr. J.-C. Legros - Brussels (B)
• Role of the visual feedback in the grip-load force coordination during circular arm movements with a hand-held load in different gravitational fields
  Dr. J.-L. Thonnard- Brussels (B)
• Development of a gravity simulator creating correct mechanics of locomotion in µ
  Heglund & Willems (B)
• Monitoring of the mechanical environment of bones in µ
  Dr. M. Hinsenkamp - Brussels (B)
• A novel design of Stewart platform for active vibration isolation
  Dr. Preumont - Brussels (B)

Rosetta (March 2004)

• DFMS, RTOF and commissioning in its final process
  Dr. Balsiger - Berne (CH) & Dr. Nevejans - Brussels (B)

DEMETER (June 2004)

• Czech contribution to DEMETER successfully launched
  Dr. Travnicek - Prague (CZ)

SEIS (July 2004)

• Successful bridging phase with completion of design & functioning breadboard
  Dr. Giardini - Zurich (CH)

Double Star (Launch July 2004)

• Successful launch of the Irish instrument
  Dr. S. McKenna-Lawlor - Maynooth (IRL)

ISS (September & October 2004)

• PromISS-3
  Dr. J.-C. Legros - Brussels (B)
• Neurocog
  Dr. G. Chéron - Brussels (B)
• Cardiocog
  Dr. A. Aubert - Leuven (B)

Annual Report 2004

Extract from annual report to the council for PRODEX / PECS activities 2004.

The major event of the year under review was undoubtedly the launch of Rosetta for which PRODEX has substantially contributed by supporting the instrument ROSINA (DFMS and RTOF). Another major undertaking was the Chinese launch of Double Star whose NUADU instrument has been greatly supported by PRODEX.

At the 12^th PRODEX Programme Participants meeting, held in Paris on 9 November 2004, the renewal of the PRODEX Declaration for the period 2006 – 2010 has been addressed, as prescribed by the PRODEX terms of reference, and the funding of the programme could once again be secured for the next five-year period.

The PRODEX Office has been entrusted with the setting up and implementation of the arrangements and management structure for the Plan for European Cooperating States (PECS). Hungary was the first participating State to this programme. In November 2004, the Czech Republic intends to sign the PECS Charter, hence becoming the second PECS participating State. Poland and Romania, both declared admissible to PECS by ESA, have not yet formally stated their intention to negotiate their participation to the programme.

In 2004, the following experiments or experiment subsystems were finalised and/or launched:

Rosetta

• DFMS, RTOF Dr. Balsiger, Berne (CH) & Dr. Nevejans, Brussels (B)
• MIDAS, Dr. Riedler, Graz (A)
• ESS, Dr. McKenna-Lawlor, Maynooth (IRL)
• Lander PSU, Dr. Gschwindt, Budapest (H)
• SPM, Dr. Apathy, Budapest (H)
• DIM, Dr. Peter, Budapest (H)
• CDMS, Dr. Szegö, Budapest (H)
• RPC, Dr. Szegö, Budapest (H)

Double Star

• NUADU, Dr. McKenna-Lawlor, Maynooth (IRL)

DEMETER

• Multi-channel converter, Dr. Travnicek, Prague (CZ)

NETLANDER

• SEIS bridging phase, Dr. Giardini, Zurich (CH)

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

• PromISS-3, Dr. Legros, Brussels (B)
• Neurocog, Dr. Chéron, Brussels (B)
• Cardiocog, Dr. Aubert, Leuven (B)

36^th PARABOLIC FLIGHT CAMPAIGN

• Grip force in collisions, Dr. Thonnard, Brussels (B)
• Heamodynamic changes, Dr. Aubert, Leuven (B)

38^th PARABOLIC FLIGHT CAMPAIGN

• Enhanced condensers, Dr. Legros, Brussels (B)
• Role of visual feedback, Dr. Thonnard, Brussels (B)
• Gravity simulator, Dr. Heglund and Willems, Leuven (B)
• Bones environment, Dr. Hinsenkamp, Brussels (B)
• Stewart platform, Dr. Preumont, Brussels (B)

Support to Scientists:

In addition, 168 scientists in the PRODEX participating States received support in the framework of European (mostly ESA) missions.

The number of all scientists supported from the PRODEX Programme during 2004 in the various countries involved in PRODEX is given in the table below:

	PRODEX in 2006
	PRODEX in 2003