An Analysis of Past and Future Space Craft Launches Jacob Hayworth and Matthew Chaloupecky Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics 2013 Visual and Image Processing Dr. Rahman Tashakkori, Mr. Luke Rice, Ms. Bahar Akhtar Appalachian State University
Space Shuttles and SpaceX Atlantis launches for another mission Dragon docking to the ISS Falcon 9 v.1.1 ready to launch
What Goes into a Launch? Challenger’s fuel tank collapsed 73 seconds after liftoff Photo of a space shuttle launch taken from an airplane
Method To collect data for research we used the NASA website and SpaceVidCast videos.
Method Using this table and other information collected we were able to create many graphs in excel
Conclusions Using the data we collected and analyzed we found several similar trends.
Conclusions Speed continues to increase throughout the launch Mass decreases linearly Individual launches have similar rates of ascension, varying on speed Total kilometers and orbits have little affect on the success of a launch
References http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Spacevidcast_logo.png http://aerospace.firetrench.com/2012/05/nasa-modifies-launch-service-contract-to-add- falcon-9-rocket/ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SpaceX_Dragon_C2%2B_just_prior_to_Canadarm 2_release_%28ISS031-E-079326%29.jpg http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/photos/space-shuttle-travel-gallery/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/pictures/110127-challenger-disaster- space-shuttle-25th-anniversary-myths-science-nasa/#/challenger-disaster-myths- explosion_31734_600x450.jpg http://spacegrant.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/images/nasa_logo.gif http://brian.hoover.net.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/All-Shuttle.jpg
Questions? Acknowledgements Dr. Rahman Tashakkori Mr. Luke Rice Ms. Bahar Akhtar Ms. Lori Tyler Questions?