Engineering Systems to Explore the Edge of Space

Autor/in	Walach, Michael
Titel	Engineering Systems to Explore the Edge of Space
Quelle	In: Technology and Engineering Teacher, 81 (2021) 3, S.8-12 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2158-0502
Schlagwörter	Aerospace Education; Engineering; Engineering Technology; Design; Science Equipment; Science Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Maschinenbau; Maschinenbautechnik
Abstract	This article describes the NASA-Funded Space Grant Project BOREALIS: "Balloon Outreach, Research, Exploration, and Landscape Imaging System." BOREALIS conducts high-altitude balloon flights to the "edge of space" with flights typically reaching 100,000 feet and a current record flight in the summer of 2020 that reached 126,000 feet! Students design and build all of the systems required for each flight including the ground control stations, ground tracking station, long-range communication systems, inflight hardware and software, landing prediction software, science payloads, balloon construction for zero pressure balloon flights (balloons that are not sealed at the bottom and do not pop in flight) and many other assorted projects. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01