Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel
Start Date
28-4-1998 2:00 PM
Description
Broward Community College and Brevard Community College with support from the Boeing
Company-KSC, the Florida Space Institute, Texas A&M University and the Association of Small
Payload Researchers (ASPR) will fly 3 remote sensing, 3 microgravity 2 radiation measurement
experiments and 1 genotoxicology experiment in a Get Away Special (GAS) container through
NASA’s GAS payload program. Students from fields as diverse as Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics,
Electrical, Computer and Mechanical Engineering, Astronomy, Marine Science, and Environmental
Science will benefit from involvement in every level of design, fabrication, testing, calibration,
and data analysis.
Three earth viewing remote sensing experiments will include a hyperspectral imaging holographic
Fourier transform spectrometer, a high radiometric accuracy narrow band 4 channel
discrete radiometer, and a 3 channel high spatial resolution imager.
Three microgravity experiments involve crystal growth: Calcium Tartrate crystals will be
grown using a gel and diffusion method. Carbon dioxide will be combined with dimethylamine to
form crystals. CuInSe thin films will be electro-deposited from aqueous solution.
Three radiation experiments include: A genotoxicology experiment to determine the degree
to which DNA from man, chicken, fish, and plants, is damaged by exposure to cosmic radiation.
Cosmic ray background intensity will be monitored using a standard Geiger tube. A separate
module will record the path and intensity of cosmic rays as they pass through shielded photographic
emulsions.
The importance of interdisciplinary training is fundamental to this payload and to the teaching
of the natural sciences. This innovative student oriented project will payoff not only in new
science data, but also in accomplishing training for the next generation of environmental and space
scientists.
Paper Session I-D - An Interdisciplinary Student Payload to Perform Space Based Remote Sensing and to Measure Microgravity and Radiation Effects
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel
Broward Community College and Brevard Community College with support from the Boeing
Company-KSC, the Florida Space Institute, Texas A&M University and the Association of Small
Payload Researchers (ASPR) will fly 3 remote sensing, 3 microgravity 2 radiation measurement
experiments and 1 genotoxicology experiment in a Get Away Special (GAS) container through
NASA’s GAS payload program. Students from fields as diverse as Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics,
Electrical, Computer and Mechanical Engineering, Astronomy, Marine Science, and Environmental
Science will benefit from involvement in every level of design, fabrication, testing, calibration,
and data analysis.
Three earth viewing remote sensing experiments will include a hyperspectral imaging holographic
Fourier transform spectrometer, a high radiometric accuracy narrow band 4 channel
discrete radiometer, and a 3 channel high spatial resolution imager.
Three microgravity experiments involve crystal growth: Calcium Tartrate crystals will be
grown using a gel and diffusion method. Carbon dioxide will be combined with dimethylamine to
form crystals. CuInSe thin films will be electro-deposited from aqueous solution.
Three radiation experiments include: A genotoxicology experiment to determine the degree
to which DNA from man, chicken, fish, and plants, is damaged by exposure to cosmic radiation.
Cosmic ray background intensity will be monitored using a standard Geiger tube. A separate
module will record the path and intensity of cosmic rays as they pass through shielded photographic
emulsions.
The importance of interdisciplinary training is fundamental to this payload and to the teaching
of the natural sciences. This innovative student oriented project will payoff not only in new
science data, but also in accomplishing training for the next generation of environmental and space
scientists.
Comments
Session Chairman: William Evan Lavinghousez, School Board of Brevard County
Session Organizer: Dr. Gale Allen/Jane Masconi