Tuesday, November 24, 2009

2nd Graders at it again with Project AGORA!




These second grade students at
Academia Cotopaxi are now tracking a NOAA satellite, downloading live data and interpreting the weather images in their classroom... how's THAT for a weather forecast!

The internet-to-orbit connection was provided by the Ecuadorian Space Agency and instructions for connecting to and using this service in your own classroom can be found on the Project AGORA website.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Inertia

Last week, RAX was spun at 70 rpm to measure moments of inertia. This will be provided to the rocket launchers and will be used in our attitude determination and control system development.