Colorado State University- Pueblo Working with Risley Middle School and Craver Middle School

Risley Middle School RSSP 3” cubed box Launch snails Conclude on whether the snails survive the flight.

Craver Middle School Bolt Sat 4” cubed box Launch a HOBO device Conclude by plotting the temperature and relative humidity compared with the balloon's position using time as the common factor

Junior Space Engineers Designing Payloads for a High Altitude Balloon Launch

Junior Space Engineers Who are we? Junior Space Engineers are middle and high school students from Districts 60 and 70; Junior Space Engineers are interested in scientific discovery and are looking for ways to participate in this process; Junior Space Engineers are working in teams as a team to achieve the common goal; Junior space engineering teams are guided by dedicated teachers supported by university students acting as mentors to the teams; Junior Space Engineers depend on the support and encouragement of their parents and families.

Junior Space Engineers What do we want to do? Design a scientific experiment to be carried out in “near” space; Launch a high-altitude balloon to fly our experiments; Measure temperature, pressure, humidity, radiation during the flight; Take pictures of the earth and sky from a never before experienced point of view; Analyze the data from our experiment and understand what it is telling us; Have lots of fun doing this project!

Junior Space Engineers Project Criteria Each payload has a limit of weight, size, and cost. Weight must not exceed 450 grams (approx. 1 pound). Size of the container must not exceed 12 inches of combined length and any single dimension must not exceed 6 inches. Example of size for a payload: 2” x 4” x 6”, for a total of 12 inches. Each selected proposal will be funded by CSGC - Pueblo to a maximum of $200.00.

Junior Space Engineers Project Requirements Each Team will designate a Team Leader, selected to be the person in charge of scheduling meetings, making phone calls to CSU-Pueblo mentors, and keeping the project on a timetable. A record of all activities will be kept to be included in the final report given to CSGC at CSU-Pueblo. This will be a diary for each team chronicling design ideas and meetings and is to include pictures showing project activities and progress. A Technical Paper will be written depicting the entire project. A Poster Presentation will be prepared for display along with the payload and the technical paper.

Junior Space Engineers Project Schedule

Launch Day On a clear morning students from all over Colorado assembled to launch “their” balloons.

Flight Path of EOSS 70 The EOSS group provided continuously updated position data for the satellite that we matched with the time stamp on our pictures.

Pictures from PanSat Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 4 Camera 3 Series 1: time = 6:49; altitude = 9,284 ft Series 7: time = 7:12; altitude = 40,214 ft Series 21: time = 8:04; altitude = 98,084 ft

Payload Recovery

Pressure & Temperatures

Junior Space Engineers Contact Information For more information about the Junior Space Engineer project visit our website at: http://ceeps.colostate-pueblo.edu/SpaceGrant/JuniorSpaceEngineers Contact the CSU-Pueblo associate director for the Colorado Space Grant Consortium at: Wolfgang.Sauer@colostate-pueblo.edu Information about the Colorado Space Grant Consortium can be found at: http://www-sgc.colorado.edu