Microgravity Science is a frontier interdisciplinary field emerging with the development of China manned space program, a hotspot in space sciences. The Key Laboratory of Microgravity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, founded as the National Laboratory of Microgravity in 1995 and renamed officially in 2008, has become the centers of microgravity science and of user supporting system in China. The first director of the Lab was Prof. Hu Wenrui and the first chair of Academic Committee was Prof. Ling Langying (both are the Academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences). The current Lab director is Prof. Long Mian and the current Academic Committee chair is Prof. Hu Wenrui.

The Lab has been focusing on understanding the fundamental priciples and rationales of microgravity fluid physics and promoting the interdisciplinary studies with space material sciences, space life sciences and space biotechnologies. By means of ground-based, drop tower, recoverable satellite, and space payload experiments, the Lab has been conducting the diversified theoretical and experimental investigations on various interdisciplinary fields related to microgravity sciences and, meanwhile, making the great contributions to such the hi-tech developments as fire safety and fluid management highly-required for China manned space program. 

Aims:
Upon the guidance of national strategy of science and technology and national program of space science, the Lab is to strengthen the research bases and to establish the world-wide centers of microgravity science and of user supporting system with high reputation. While accomplishing the key national projects, the Lab is also to provide the technical supports required for China manned space program and to make the great contributions to the frontiers and interdisciplinary fields of microgravity sciences.