This team is focused on designing, building, testing, and flying engineering experiments to the Edge of Space and beyond. Most of our flights are on latex weather balloons which can go up to an altitude of 100,000 ft or above, but we may also fly on high-altitude long-duration NASA balloons and sounding rockets. A common theme in all this research is designing light weight and low-cost experiments that can produce meaningful data and results in flight. We also like to share our enthusiasm for space engineering with kids, so we have a number of ongoing outreach activities that we encourage all participants to get involved in.
Our team is funded by the Maryland Space Grant Consortium and supported by the Department of Aerospace Engineering.
Electronics, coding, radio communications, construction, 3D printing, project management
Academic Colleges of Interest
- Aerospace Engineering
- Bioengineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Fire Protection Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- All Sciences
- Journalism
- Business
Preferred Interests & Preparation
No experience, prior knowledge, or coursework is necessary
Fridays 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: A. James Clark Hall 2119
Mary Bowden (she, her, hers)
bowden@ssl.umd.edu
Aerospace Engineering
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