Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
Time lapse video of our engineering project at UMass Amherst. Our weather balloon, named the Shuttlecraft, reached an altitude of approximately 104000 ft. Pictures were taken every 5 seconds during the fight with a Canon a560 digital camera. The balloon traveled west as it gained altitude and then turned east where it climbed to its burst altitude. Upon reaching the maximum altitude, the balloon popped and the capsule descended back to earth. It landed off the coast of Plum Island, MA. The total trip time from launch to splashdown is 2.8 hours. Its ascent took 142 minutes and 20 seconds and it took 25 minutes and 55 seconds for it to descend back to earth. The capsule turned up four days later on the beach where it was found by a self proclaimed “Professional Beach bum” who kindly called us to arrange a pickup. After four days in the Atlantic we managed to retrieve the 8gb SDHC and get the pictures. Pictures include the Connecticut River and surrounding area, Granby MA, Holyoke MA, the former Mount Tom Ski Area, and the Atlantic Ocean. Special Thanks go to the “professional beach bum” who was kind enough to call us and meet us so we could retrieve our project. Without his help, our project would have been lost. We wish him well in his retirement. We would also like to thank Invensys for kindly sponsoring a second launch. We are currently testing the replacement parts and plan on launching it within the next 2 weeks. If you have any questions about our project, feel free …
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Hubblecast 09: Extreme Star Cluster Bursts Into Life. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular image of NGC 3603, a giant nebula hosting one of the most prominent massive young clusters in the Milky Way. This is a splendid location for continued studies of stellar birth in star forming regions. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — Credit: • ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & LL Christensen) • Narration: Dr. Robert Fosbury • Design: Martin Kornmesser •Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen, Raquel Yumi Shida • Cinematographer: Peter Rixner (www.perix.de) • Script: Lars Lindberg Christensen, Will Gater • Executive Producers: Raquel Yumi Shida, Lars Lindberg Christensen • Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy. Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Garching/Munich, Germany • www.eso.org • http • hubblesite.org . Att. Lars Lindberg Christensen, ESO office 011 Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2 DE-85748 Garching bei München Germany http .
Tags: Astronomers, VERY, large, Telescopes
Best educational channels: • www.atheism-magazine.com Best Atheist Experience clips & chat: • www.atheism-magazine.com Please subscribe to: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com The Extreme Universe: Fermi Space Telescope (NASA GLASTcast 06 in HD). NASA Renames Observatory for Fermi, Reveals Entire Gamma-Ray Sky. NASA’s newest observatory, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, has begun its mission of exploring the universe in high-energy gamma rays. The spacecraft and its revolutionary instruments passed their orbital checkout with flying colors. NASA announced today that GLAST has been renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The new name honors Prof. Enrico Fermi (1901 – 1954), a pioneer in high-energy physics. “Enrico Fermi was the first person to suggest how cosmic particles could be accelerated to high speeds,” said Paul Hertz, chief scientist for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “His theory provides the foundation for understanding the new phenomena his namesake telescope will discover.” Scientists expect Fermi will discover many new pulsars in our own galaxy, reveal powerful processes near supermassive black holes at the cores of thousands of active galaxies and enable a search for signs of new physical laws. For two months following the spacecraft’s June 11 launch, scientists tested and calibrated its two instruments, the Large Area Telescope (LAT) and the GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM). The LAT team today unveiled …
Tags: Deep, dark, Sagan, Matter
Some friends and myself do a science project on the “Meteor Impact” natural disaster. Just to clear a bit up, NRS stands for News, Radio, Station. It can also stand for Nico, Ryan, Shaun.
Tags: Natural, Scandal, findings, Comet
An Incredible new theory of a growing earth.
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Sixth lecture of Professor Lynn Rothschild’s Astrobiology and Space Exploration course. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Full Course Available on Stanford on iTunes U [iTunes Link]: deimos3.apple.com Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com
Tags: studies, research, HISTORY, organisms
Sixth lecture of Professor Lynn Rothschild’s Astrobiology and Space Exploration course. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Full Course Available on Stanford on iTunes U [iTunes Link]: deimos3.apple.com Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com
Tags: environments, ocean, experimentation, organisms
Best educational channels: • www.atheism-magazine.com Best Atheist Experience clips & chat: • www.atheism-magazine.com Please subscribe to: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com The Extreme Universe: Fermi Space Telescope (NASA GLASTcast 06 in HD). NASA Renames Observatory for Fermi, Reveals Entire Gamma-Ray Sky. NASA’s newest observatory, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, has begun its mission of exploring the universe in high-energy gamma rays. The spacecraft and its …
Tags: area, Freethinker, Station, galaxies
Kornmesser •Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen, Raquel Yumi Shida • Cinematographer: Peter Rixner (www.perix.de) • Script: Lars Lindberg Christensen, Will Gater • Executive Producers: Raquel Yumi Shida, Lars Lindberg Christensen • Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy. Hubble European Space Agency …
Tags: Hubblecast, Into, star, galaxy
Some friends and myself do a science project on the “Meteor Impact” natural disaster. Just to clear a bit up, NRS stands for News, Radio, Station. It can also stand for Nico, Ryan, Shaun.
Tags: meteorite, Comet, news, Hilarious
