brya8242Jan 241 minHeaded HomeOur payload is headed home! The SpaceX Cargo Dragon returning our payload has undocked and will splashdown today. Later this week we will...
brya8242Jan 41 minCitizen Science ResultsThe results from our citizen science experiment were accepted for publication! Find our paper describing this effort and its results...
brya8242Jan 41 minGo for LaunchNews has been a bit slow here on the blog as we completed the run up to launch preparations. There was a lot of safety reviews and...
brya8242Jul 22, 20211 minBacteria, BIDs, Biosafety... Oh My!Today we hit a very important milestone in our project: loading bacteria into our system for the first time! We practiced our best...
brya8242Jul 9, 20211 minProblem-Solving with 3D-PrintingOver the past week, we have been working hard to test and finalize the loading procedure for our space box. While trying to load our...
brya8242Jul 2, 20211 minOne Step Closer to Space!The first step of many in testing our loading procedure for Kennedy Space Center. Today marks the two-week checkpoint in our experiment...
brya8242Jun 16, 20211 minPresenting for the Idaho Aerospace and Science Scholars (ISAS)Hello everyone! We are the two new members of the Vandal Voyagers I team: Kaitlyn Harvey, senior in Biological Engineering, and Ashley...
brya8242May 20, 20211 minNASA TUMBLR Answer TimeTeam lead Hannah is being featured with a NASA's TUMBLR Answer Time as the first ever non-NASA employee contributor. Post your questions...
Niko HansenApr 22, 20211 minExperimental Build MachiningWe have been collaborating with our machining specialist (Charles) to mill each of our structural components. The Computer Aided Design...
Adriana BryantApr 18, 20211 minBID PrototypingBID=Bacteria Introduction Device With the University of Idaho Engineering EXPO quickly approaching, our team has began prototyping the...
Hannah JohnsonApr 16, 20211 minElectronics Testing is Underway!The University of Idaho EXPO is quickly approaching! Two weeks from today the Vandal Voyagers I team will present our experiment to a...
Travis Lindsay Mar 31, 20212 minBacteria Experimentation Has Begun!Bacteria experimentation has begun! An experiment aiming at analyzing bacteria stability, gas production rate, growth rate, and acid...
Roslyn McCormackMar 23, 20212 minCurrent Polymer Coating FindingsIn the past few months our team has been searching for the best methods to polymerize our monomers of choice (TMA/CAA, TMA/SA, SBMA) on...
Kael StelckMar 16, 20211 minCitizen Science Results!The time has finally come! Our Citizen Scientists completed their experiments and sent us back the data. In total we had 91 students...
Hannah JohnsonMar 9, 20212 minPicture Perfect?Work to take the perfect progress pictures in space is well underway! Niko and I have spent the last week working to perfect the code...
Niko HansenMar 2, 20211 minComputer Assisted Design (CAD)We have recently completed a preliminary design of our experiment within a Computer Assisted Design (CAD) program SolidWorks! SolidWorks...
Niko HansenFeb 8, 20211 minPolymer Selection Process Begins!We finished and delivered our citizen science kits to our citizen scientists last week. The experiments that our citizen scientists will...
Hannah JohnsonFeb 1, 20211 minVandal Voyagers I making Citizen Science KitsLast week was a busy one for our team of Vandals! We spent our time in between classes and homework in the lab making sheets of polymers...
Kael StelckJan 19, 20211 minCitizen Science Booklets Completed!After 4,250 pages, 750 stalpes, and 5 hours of work, we have finished making all 250 of our Citizen Science booklets. A pdf of the...
Travis Lindsay Jan 19, 20211 minNow The Hard Work Begins!The work towards organizing all materials for the citizen science experiment has begun! Displayed below is a timeline of operations in...