Total Solar Eclipse

Our mission objective was to capture the total solar eclipse that occurred on August 21, 2017. To assemble all the payloads (video, still image and Iridium) and the ground station tracking system. To determine and implement the pointing solutions for the video camera to point the sun. To stabilize the structure of the payload, preventing it from twisting/rotating

High Altitude Student Platform

Our project focuses on the testing of critical components of the next phase of a high altitude robotic puppet that will be used on Near Space balloon missions to engage younger students (K-6). The prototype robotic puppet has been under the development at the University of Bridgeport (UB) supported by a Connecticut Space Grant College Consortium (CSGCC)

High Altitude Thermal Control

On September 1, 2016, a high altitude student platform (HASP) was launched from NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico with 12 student payloads. The University of Bridgeport sent a robotic arm with three servo-motors and servo-motor testbed to the fringes of space. The objective was to test the motors at very low temperatures and in vacuum conditions. The payload has heaters and temperature sensors fitted on all its walls that can automatically respond to the thermal conditions to assure that the motors operate