Student experiments could be launched to space on Wednesday
Those college students, who are looking forward to see their experiment in space, will have to wait a little more following NASA cancelled plans of a Tuesday launch that was scheduled to be held from eastern Virginia’s Wallops Flight Facility.
The experiments involve examination of a cheap method to return data to controllers on the Earth, first 3-D printer on an uncrewed rocket in addition to research on crystal growth in microgravity.
This experiment from Virginia Tech will lead to production of an imitation of “VT” logo of the school. According to researchers, the use of 3-D printers in order to create replacement parts and satellites in space will be moved forward with this experiment.
According to Virginia Tech computer science senior Sebastian Welsh of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, they look forward becoming the pioneers in this and the first to address the problem.
As per reports, the launch was planned for Tuesday morning; cancellation came after it was concluded that weather would not be favorable before launch window expired. They are looking forward to try the launch again on Wednesday.
There are projects from the University of Hawaii Community College System, Capitol Technology University, Northwest Nazarene University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the University of Puerto Rico, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in addition to Virginia Tech experiment.
As per Chris Koehler, director of the Colorado Space Grant Consortium, which helps coordinate the program, the launch is related to a program that provides “higher education students an avenue to work as a team and go beyond the classroom into hands-on applications and developing experiments for space”.