Friday started off with Physiological Training promptly at 8 am in a briefing room away from the main work hangar. The training covered everything from hypoxia to motion sickness and everything else we could possibly experience over the course of our flight. We were given instructions on how to prepare for the flight physically as well what to do during and after the flight. More information on this subject will come later when they brief us on the best way to avoid sickness on the plane before our flight. A demonstration was also given using a spinning chair and selected volunteers to test out how disoriented you can be without visual and sound cues.
Once the training was over, we remained in the briefing room to view the launch of STS-135 on a large projector featuring Space Shuttle Atlantis. The room was energetic and hopeful that the shuttle would launch even with uncertain weather conditions. Despite a delay at T-00:00:31, Space Shuttle Atlantis finally launched as an entire room of college students sat in awe. Once the shuttle reached orbit, everyone cheered and clapped in celebration of the final voyage of the 30 year old shuttle program.
It was back to work after the exciting morning and we all drove back to the hangar. Today, work included testing of electronics software well as mounting electronics hardware to our structure. Our SCOTS MATLAB code was also modified to analyze our data faster for possible in-flight analysis. In the picture below, you can see all of the teams hard at work.
Once the training was over, we remained in the briefing room to view the launch of STS-135 on a large projector featuring Space Shuttle Atlantis. The room was energetic and hopeful that the shuttle would launch even with uncertain weather conditions. Despite a delay at T-00:00:31, Space Shuttle Atlantis finally launched as an entire room of college students sat in awe. Once the shuttle reached orbit, everyone cheered and clapped in celebration of the final voyage of the 30 year old shuttle program.
It was back to work after the exciting morning and we all drove back to the hangar. Today, work included testing of electronics software well as mounting electronics hardware to our structure. Our SCOTS MATLAB code was also modified to analyze our data faster for possible in-flight analysis. In the picture below, you can see all of the teams hard at work.
In the afternoon, a few of us attended a media/press meeting which gave information about how to speak to the press, how our flight would be documented by NASA, and how we should plan to document our own experience. We learned that each flight will have two NASA photographers as well as two videographers, so documentation will be ample. We ended the day with a newcomer’s Q & A session to answer any questions about the process.
Our weekend plans are still a bit up in the air, but over the course of the weekend we will be putting finishing touches on our payload, organizing outreach items to take up with us in the zero-g flight, and taking a possible beach trip to the Galveston area. Our goal is to have a completed payload, ready for our Test Readiness Review on Monday morning. The hope for tonight is to interact with other teams, and spend some time learning about all the exciting projects and interesting groups of people.
Posted by Sara Meschberger
Our weekend plans are still a bit up in the air, but over the course of the weekend we will be putting finishing touches on our payload, organizing outreach items to take up with us in the zero-g flight, and taking a possible beach trip to the Galveston area. Our goal is to have a completed payload, ready for our Test Readiness Review on Monday morning. The hope for tonight is to interact with other teams, and spend some time learning about all the exciting projects and interesting groups of people.
Posted by Sara Meschberger
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