Iowa State Micro-g NExT

First day finished at the NBL! We had a fantastic first day touring the NBL and getting to meet all the other teams! Testing day is tomorrow, June 7, at 10:30 am for our team. Teams only have 8 minutes for testing. Below is a live stream to watch!

https://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov/about-micro-g-next

Testing week is finally here!! Project manager, Aaron Simpson, and team leads, Sam Whitlock and Emilee Evans, are headed to Houston! We have Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday full of activities with our testing date being Tuesday. We can’t wait for TALIN to be tested at the NASA Johnson Space Center Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory on Tuesday!!

Testing testing testing!

Our Micro G NExT team has had a month full of testing. We started the month with the regality chamber testing and then moved on the Neutral Buoyancy Lab testing and the EVA Glove testing!

Each test proved to be successful and furthered the analysis of our device. Our device even worked anchoring to a wall! There have been many great surprises this month and our project is constantly being taken to the NExT level!

Follow us for more on our journey to the NASA JSC NBL in June!

Earlier this month, our team presented our semester progress at a Make to Innovate - M:2:I poster presentation symposium in Howe Hall. We accomplished much this fall towards our goal of developing a lunar reusable surface anchoring device for the NASA Micro-g NExT student challenge! We brainstormed a solution, modeled our design, and constructed an initial prototype while creating videos, presentations, and a proposal that described our idea. It was fun discussing Micro-g and our design with other engineering students and ISU faculty. Our team is passionate about contributing to space exploration, and we strive to share this passion with others!
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