After a second successful flight, the composite origami team is happy to be back in NC. Huge thanks to @ZEROGResearch and @NASAArmstrong for this amazing opportunity!
Zero-G Research Highlight! Zenolith: a zero-G pointing device, or “3D space compass,” that gives astronauts a better sense of where they are in the universe. Chei Wei Wang (@sayway) is planning to get Zenolith to the ISS for astronauts to interact with it.
Photo: Steve Boxall
@SomuDhulipala and I tested Agrifuge, a plant habitat designed to psychologically benefit astronauts during long-duration space flight, doubling as an agricultural irrigation system. Check out our project page for more info: https://t.co/OktijKleGL
Zero-G Research Highlight! MOSAIC: communication without compromise. MOSAIC aims to use liquid lens technology in order to achieve much more precise pointing and tracking for laser communication systems.
Photo: Steve Boxall
#PurdueAAE student Daré Adebonojo and Prof @CollicottSteven ready to board @gozerog. The parabolic flight will test prototype K-12 teacher experiment kits as part of AAE418.
Collicott has led students in this and other zero-gravity experimentation for 25 years. @PurdueEngineers
@airport_girl@cc_pilot Peak acceleration on the downward portion of the parabola is ~26,000 feet per minute. You are feeling about 1.8 Gs at that point.
“I think this has been the best NSRC ever,” says @AlanStern, thanking the organizers, hotel, volunteers, and attendees as we wrap up the 7th Next-generation Suborbital Researchers Conference #NSRC2030. Thank you all!
The suborbital glovebox is a great example of why space needs to be inclusive -- it's critical for people from all walks of life to think about problems in creative ways and bring new solutions to the table for the future space economy and humanity's move into space. #NSRC2020
Congratulations to @GoZeroG raffle winners Dale Gray is @CUBoulder and Ed Harris of @keckobservatory (pictured). Ed will be donating his ticket to Keck Observatory to benefit students in Hawaii. #NSRC2020
I don’t know if anyone took pictures but I was just on an awesome #NSRC2020 panel with @docswampy, astronaut Charlie Walker, @DalbelloRichard, @ad_astra2, Dan Durda, and Michelle Peters @ZEROGResearch discussing the importance of humans flying in space with their research.
A huge thank-you to my panelists on #NSRC2020 panel Suborbital to ISS: Katy Hurlbert of @NASA_Johnson, Ken Shields of @ISS_CASIS, Kirk Shireman @NASA_Kirk of NASA @ISS_Research, and Peter Lee of @OhioState!
Suborbital experimentation benefits ISS experimentation & vice versa.
Michelle Peter's of @GoZeroG addressed the need for understanding the resources, configuration, and vehicle environment & how will effect your payload in microgravity #NSRC2020
3. Zero-G Corp. is planning an international expansion that could start in a year. (They’re optimistic the long FAA approval process they had won’t be duplicated in other countries.) Could require acquiring another 727. /end #NSRC2020
Are you a researcher who wants to fly your experiment in space? 🚀Our Tech Flights solicitation is now open which seeks promising space technologies for testing on commercial suborbital vehicles! Attend a Q&A session next week and find out how to apply: https://t.co/KkCABuLPtq