Colorado State University- Pueblo

Working withRisley Middle School

and

Craver Middle School

Risley Middle School RSSP

• 3” cubed box

• Launch snails

• Conclude on whether the snails survive the flight.

Craver Middle School Bolt Sat

• 4” cubed box

• Launch a HOBO device

• Conclude by plotting the temperature and relative humidity compared with the balloon's position using time as the

common factor

http://ceeps.colostate-pueblo.edu/spacegrant/demosat/home.html

Junior Space EngineersDesigning

Payloads for a

High Altitude Balloon Launch

Junior Space EngineersWho are we?

• Junior Space Engineers are middle and high school students from Districts 60 and 70;

• Junior Space Engineers are interested in scientific discovery and are looking for ways to participate in this process;

• Junior Space Engineers are working in teams as a team to achieve the common goal;

• Junior space engineering teams are guided by dedicated teachers supported by university students acting as mentors to the teams;

• Junior Space Engineers depend on the support and encouragement of their parents and families.

Junior Space EngineersWhat do we want to do?

• Design a scientific experiment to be carried out in “near” space;

• Launch a high-altitude balloon to fly our experiments;

• Measure temperature, pressure, humidity, radiation during the flight;

• Take pictures of the earth and sky from a never before experienced point of view;

• Analyze the data from our experiment and understand what it is telling us;

• Have lots of fun doing this project!

Junior Space EngineersProject Criteria

Each payload has a limit of weight, size, and cost.

a) Weight must not exceed 450 grams (approx. 1 pound).

b) Size of the container must not exceed 12 inches of combined length and any single dimension must not exceed 6 inches. Example of size for a payload:

2” x 4” x 6”, for a total of 12 inches.

a) Each selected proposal will be funded by CSGC - Pueblo to a maximum of $200.00.

Junior Space EngineersProject Requirements

1. Each Team will designate a Team Leader, selected to be the person in charge of scheduling meetings, making phone calls to CSU-Pueblo mentors, and keeping the project on a timetable.

2. A record of all activities will be kept to be included in the final report given to CSGC at CSU-Pueblo. This will be a diary for each team chronicling design ideas and meetings and is to include pictures showing project activities and progress.

3. A Technical Paper will be written depicting the entire project.

4. A Poster Presentation will be prepared for display along with the payload and the technical paper.

Junior Space EngineersProject Schedule

Launch Day

On a clear morning students from all over Colorado assembled to launch “their”

balloons.

Flight Path of EOSS 70

The EOSS group provided continuously updated position data for the satellite that we matched with the time stamp on our pictures.

Pictures from PanSat

Series 1: time = 6:49; altitude = 9,284 ft

Series 7: time = 7:12; altitude = 40,214 ft

Series 21: time = 8:04; altitude = 98,084 ft

Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 4 Camera 3

Payload Recovery

Pressure & Temperatures

Junior Space EngineersContact Information

For more information about the Junior Space Engineer project visit our website at:

http://ceeps.colostate-pueblo.edu/SpaceGrant/JuniorSpaceEngineers

Contact the CSU-Pueblo associate director for the Colorado Space Grant Consortium at:

Wolfgang.Sauer@colostate-pueblo.edu

Information about the Colorado Space Grant Consortium can be found at:

http://www-sgc.colorado.edu