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Our payload is headed home! The SpaceX Cargo Dragon returning our payload has undocked and will splashdown today. Later this week we will...
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- Jan 3
- 1 min
Citizen Science Results
The results from our citizen science experiment were accepted for publication! Find our paper describing this effort and its results...
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brya8242
- Jan 3
- 1 min
Go for Launch
News 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...
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brya8242
- Jul 22, 2021
- 1 min
Bacteria, 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...
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brya8242
- Jul 9, 2021
- 1 min
Problem-Solving with 3D-Printing
Over the past week, we have been working hard to test and finalize the loading procedure for our space box. While trying to load our...
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brya8242
- Jul 2, 2021
- 1 min
One 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...
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brya8242
- Jun 16, 2021
- 1 min
Presenting 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...
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brya8242
- May 20, 2021
- 1 min
NASA TUMBLR Answer Time
Team lead Hannah is being featured with a NASA's TUMBLR Answer Time as the first ever non-NASA employee contributor. Post your questions...
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Niko Hansen
- Apr 21, 2021
- 1 min
Experimental Build Machining
We have been collaborating with our machining specialist (Charles) to mill each of our structural components. The Computer Aided Design...
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Adriana Bryant
- Apr 18, 2021
- 1 min
BID Prototyping
BID=Bacteria Introduction Device With the University of Idaho Engineering EXPO quickly approaching, our team has began prototyping the...
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Hannah Johnson
- Apr 16, 2021
- 1 min
Electronics 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...
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Travis Lindsay
- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
Bacteria Experimentation Has Begun!
Bacteria experimentation has begun! An experiment aiming at analyzing bacteria stability, gas production rate, growth rate, and acid...
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Roslyn McCormack
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Current Polymer Coating Findings
In 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...
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Kael Stelck
- Mar 16, 2021
- 1 min
Citizen 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...
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Hannah Johnson
- Mar 8, 2021
- 2 min
Picture 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...
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Niko Hansen
- Mar 2, 2021
- 1 min
Computer Assisted Design (CAD)
We have recently completed a preliminary design of our experiment within a Computer Assisted Design (CAD) program SolidWorks! SolidWorks...
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Niko Hansen
- Feb 8, 2021
- 1 min
Polymer Selection Process Begins!
We finished and delivered our citizen science kits to our citizen scientists last week. The experiments that our citizen scientists will...
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Hannah Johnson
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
Vandal Voyagers I making Citizen Science Kits
Last 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...
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Kael Stelck
- Jan 18, 2021
- 1 min
Citizen 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...
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Travis Lindsay
- Jan 18, 2021
- 1 min
Now 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...
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