Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
In the summer of 2010 Cybercom performed an inspirational project, a summer school for young girls, together with Universeum. The objective was to launch a high altitude weather balloon equipped with a camera and take from space.
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Early heavy ion events in first heavy-ion fill with stable beam collisions seen in the ATLAS Experiment, 8 November 2010.
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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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JPL’s camera aboard Hubble has taken some of the space telescope’s most memorable images. The camera will be removed and brought back to Earth during a Hubble servicing mission. James Webb Space Telescope Mission Trailer HD- www.youtube.com The Known Universe HD- www.youtube.com
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This is the official trailer for the IYA2009. Credit: International Year of Astronomy 2009, IAU and UNESCO Visual design: Martin Kornmesser & Luis Calçada Music and Sound Effects: MoveTwo (Axel Kornmesser & Markus Löffler) Footage and photos: Gemini Observatory (Kirk Pu’uohau-Pummill/Peter Michaud), CFHT (Jean-Charles Cuillandre), TWAN (Babak Tafreshi), Martin Kornmesser (ESA/Hubble), NASA NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, ESA/Mars Express, Kevin Govender, NASA/Spitzer Space Telescope, ESO/VLT, & Akira Fujii Project lead: Lars Lindberg Christensen (ESA/Hubble) Note: This trailer may be shown in its entirety without limitation. The trailer must not be edited and or shown in anything but its entirety.
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Synopsis Through the power of IMAX® 3D, Hubble 3D will enable movie-goers to journey through distant galaxies to explore the grandeur and mysteries of our celestial surroundings, and accompany space-walking astronauts as they attempt the most difficult and important tasks in NASAs history. The film will offer an inspiring and unique look into the Hubble Space Telescopes legacy and highlight its profound impact on the way we view the universe and ourselves. Hubble 3D is an IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures production, in cooperation with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The film reunites the Space Station 3D filmmaking team, led by Producer/Director Toni Myers. Hubble 3D will blast off exclusively to IMAX and IMAX 3D theatres on March 19th, 2010.
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CERN News: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) sets collision record – new era in the history of particle physics. Spotlight on CERN – LHC First Physics — On March 30th 2010, first high-energy collisions took place at 7 TeV in the LHC, creating a phenomenal quantity of data. This not only marked the start of a new era for particle physics but also presents an enormous challenge in the field of computing, in terms of data transfer, storage and processing. — Please subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, a synchrotron intended to collide opposing particle beams of either protons at an energy of 7 trillion electronvolts (1.12 microjoules) per particle, or lead nuclei at an energy of 574 TeV (92.0 µJ) per nucleus. The term hadron refers to particles composed of quarks. It is expected that it will address the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing our understanding of the deepest laws of nature. The LHC lies in a tunnel 27 kilometres (17 mi) in circumference, as much as 175 metres (574 ft) beneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. The Large Hadron Collider was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) with the intention of testing various predictions of high-energy physics, including the existence of the hypothesized Higgs boson and of the large family of new particles predicted by …
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A short video highlighting the contributions of KSC in support of the Hubble Space Telescope missions. Target audience grades 6-12.
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Why we need the explorers: Brian Cox on TED.com (Part 1 of 2). In tough economic times, our exploratory science programs — from space probes to the LHC — are first to suffer budget cuts. Brian Cox explains how curiosity-driven science pays for itself, powering innovation and a profound appreciation of our existence. Physicist Brian Cox has two jobs: working with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and explaining big science to the general public. He’s a professor at the University of Manchester. — Please subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — Why you should listen to him: Based at the University of Manchester, Brian02 Cox works at CERN in Geneva on the ATLAS experiment, studying the forward proton detectors for the Large Hadron Collider there. He’s a professor at the University of Manchester, working in the High Energy Physics group, and is a research fellow of the Royal Society. He’s also become a vital voice in the UK media for explaining physics to the public. With his rockstar hair and accessible charm, he’s the go-to physicist for explaining heady concepts on British TV and radio. (If you’re in the UK, watch him on “The Big Bang Machine”.) He was the science advisor for the 2007 film “Sunshine”. He answers science questions every Friday on BBC6 radio’s “Breakfast Show”. “If people don’t have an understanding of what science is and what scientists do, then they can tend to think that global warming, for example, is …
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Why we need the explorers: Brian Cox on TED.com (Part 2 of 2). In tough economic times, our exploratory science programs — from space probes to the LHC — are first to suffer budget cuts. Brian Cox explains how curiosity-driven science pays for itself, powering innovation and a profound appreciation of our existence. Physicist Brian Cox has two jobs: working with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and explaining big science to the general public. He’s a professor at the University of Manchester. — Please subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — Why you should listen to him: Based at the University of Manchester, Brian02 Cox works at CERN in Geneva on the ATLAS experiment, studying the forward proton detectors for the Large Hadron Collider there. He’s a professor at the University of Manchester, working in the High Energy Physics group, and is a research fellow of the Royal Society. He’s also become a vital voice in the UK media for explaining physics to the public. With his rockstar hair and accessible charm, he’s the go-to physicist for explaining heady concepts on British TV and radio. (If you’re in the UK, watch him on “The Big Bang Machine”.) He was the science advisor for the 2007 film “Sunshine”. He answers science questions every Friday on BBC6 radio’s “Breakfast Show”. “If people don’t have an understanding of what science is and what scientists do, then they can tend to think that global warming, for example, is …
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