China Astronaut Research and Training Center 1 article published in JoVE Engineering Thermocapillary Convection Space Experiment on the SJ-10 Recoverable Satellite Li Duan*1,2, Yongli Yin*3, Jia Wang*1, Qi Kang1,2, Di Wu1, Huan Jiang1, Pu Zhang1, Liang Hu1 1National Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2School of Engineering Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 3China Astronaut Research and Training Center A protocol for the space payload design, the space experiment on thermocapillary convection, and analyses of experimental data and images are presented in this paper.