The study centers on a common forensic science discipline: bloodstain pattern analysis.
Its important to note that true zero gravity exists far away from any celestial bodies.
Gravity plays a crucial part in how airborne liquid blood interacts with a surface and creates stain patterns.
Consequently, the altered gravity conditions ofspaceshould translate into observable differences in this phenomenon.
The resulting bloodstain was then analyzed using routine Earth-bound protocols.
Investigators didnt use real blood for the study due to biohazard concerns in the cabin of the plane.
In the gravity environment of Earth, liquid blood drops undergoa series of stagesin the stain creation process.
Investigators mentioned that so that expand their research, larger microgravity environments would be required.