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Education & Outreach

Hardware in students' hands

01Education

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Experimental Mission Control Center

A mock mission control center, EMC2, is being set up at the BRAHMAND Lab, University of South Alabama to assist with the ASPIRE mission. The digital shadow of ASPIRE and the trajectory of the Global Girrlz SAT will be displayed at EMC2.

Experimental Mission Control Center
EMC2 — BRAHMAND Lab, University of South Alabama

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3D Printing vs. Lego

For educating high school students about complex space missions, which could be better: Lego sets or 3D printing? Our team is investigating which of them could be more feasible and useful for the high school girl students assigned to the ASPIRE group.

Printing an ASPIRE space camera housing
Finished 3D-printed ASPIRE camera housing, engraved ASPIRE, held in hand
Printed housing, as removed from the bed
Camera module and compute board laid out on the bench
The hardware the printed part houses

02Outreach

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    30 high school girls from 30 different countries will be taught about ASPIRE at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India. An engineering model of ASPIRE will be shared with them, along with 3D-printed models of ASPIRE for each student to take home to their own country.

    Gautam Buddha University · Greater Noida, India

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    ASPIRE will also be presented to high school students for outreach at the University of South Alabama during Engineering Day.

    University of South Alabama · Mobile, Alabama