The Team Ready for Day 1 of Flight

The entire team before the first flight. Day 1 fliers include Roxanne, Carl and our NASA mentor, Dr. Leimkuhler.

We killed the Technical Readiness Review

Despite some hiccups in our apparatus, the Technical Readiness Review (TRR) went extremely well.

Sensirion Flow Sensors Arrived!

Sensirion donated two flow sensor kits to help monitor the changes in flow rate of the CSF media mockup.

Professional Development Outreach

As a part of the team's education outreach, we put on a professional development workshop for local teachers at Spalding Elementary School.

Proposal Officially Sent!

The team's inital months of hard work culminated in this final document which was submitted to NASA for review.

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Abstract Accepted

8:19 AM    


On July 31, 2014, the 2013-2014 Boise State University Microgravity Research Team got accepted into the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR). Our submitted abstract was accepted for a Poster presentation. The meeting will be held at The Westin Pasadena located in Pasadena, California from October 23 through October 26, 2014.

 

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Thank You Intermountain Medical Imaging

8:35 AM    



Thank you Intermountain Medical Imaging for scanning our “mock brain” with your EHP CT scanner. 

The 3D images will be used in our final technical report submitted to the Microgravity University program.







The “Mock Brain” is made of Ballistics Gel and is adhered to a clear poly-carbonate plate. It is permanently sealed inside of a 3D printed part made of a Polyactic Acid Filament. The base plate is 20x24cm and the “skull” stands about 13cm tall.

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