Experimental physics: inching closer to outer space

Peter Pichler in his laboratory at the Institute for Experimental Physics © Baustädter - TU Graz - By Birgit Baustädter - Peter Pichler from TU Graz's Institute of Experimental Physics is researching liquid metal. At the moment, he is waiting for data from the ISS, which he will analyse in his dissertation. . "When I was a child, I always wanted to become an astronaut. Obviously!" he says with a smile, thinking back to his childhood as he sits next to an ohmic pulse-heating apparatus. "And I've taken a big step towards doing just that." - From Graz to the. It's a long way from the Styrian capital to the.