{"id":15747,"date":"2016-03-16T13:42:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T17:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=15747"},"modified":"2016-03-16T13:42:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T17:42:59","slug":"15747-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/15747-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF NASA Experiment Takes Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15773\" style=\"width: 239px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15773\" class=\"wp-image-15773 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/03\/UCF-Nasa-gecko-gripper-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"UCF Nasa - gecko gripper\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/03\/UCF-Nasa-gecko-gripper-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/03\/UCF-Nasa-gecko-gripper.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA\u2019s commercial partner Orbital ATK Inc. is scheduled to launch the Cygnus spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The spacecraft will take several experiments into space including one the University of Central Florida and Texas A&amp;M worked on together for NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center. (NASA.gov image)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Five experiments testing everything from how fire reacts in space, to the effectiveness of a lizard-inspired adhesive are headed to the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 22.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s commercial partner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitalatk.com\/\">Orbital ATK Inc<\/a>. is scheduled to launch the <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/(https\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/news\/crs6_science\" target=\"_blank\">Cygnus spacecraft<\/a> atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The spacecraft will take several experiments into space including one the University of Central Florida and Texas A&amp;M worked on together for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/johnson\/home\/index.html\">NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center (JSC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UCF\u2019s Center for Microgravity Research supplied the experiment apparatus for the Strata-1 experiment,\u00a0while partners at Texas A&amp;M supplied the electronics to Marc Fries at NASA-JSC and his team at NASA. The UCF and Texas A&amp;M Strata-1 experiment, led by Fries, will study the properties and behavior of the impact-shattered \u201csoil\u201d found on asteroids, comets, the Moon and other airless worlds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompared to some of the other experiments this time around, ours doesn\u2019t sound incredibly sexy,\u201d said physics professor <a href=\"https:\/\/physics.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/colwell-joshua\/\">Joshua Colwell, Ph.D., <\/a>who led the UCF effort.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflorida.gov\/\">Space Florida <\/a>helped fund the UCF component of this experiment. \u201cBut it is important especially as we get ready to send spacecraft and people to asteroids and eventually Mars. It\u2019s a great time to be working on space science. We\u2019ve been quite busy with many different projects related to that next frontier\u201d said Colwell.<\/p>\n<p>According to NASA, the <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/experiments\/2146.html\" target=\"_blank\">Strata-1<\/a> investigation could give us answers about how layer of loose, heterogeneous superficial material covering solid rock \u201cbehaves and moves in microgravity, how easy or difficult it is to anchor a spacecraft in regolith, how it interacts with spacecraft and spacesuit materials, and other important properties.<\/p>\n<p>This will help NASA learn how to safely move and process large volumes of regolith, and predict and prevent risk to spacecraft and astronauts visiting these small bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pegasus\u00a0Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/physics.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/campins-humberto\/\">Humberto Campins , Ph.D., <\/a>and associate professor <a href=\"https:\/\/physics.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/fernandez-yan\/\">Yan Fernandez, Ph.D.,<\/a> are also working on the science component of one such mission \u2013 Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer more commonly known as <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/missions\/osiris-rex\/\" target=\"_blank\">OSIRIS REx<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Arizona-led mission is scheduled to launch to the asteroid Bennu to collect samples later this year. The spacecraft is expected to reach the asteroid in 2018 and will use a robotic arm to nab samples from its target. Once the samples are securely onboard, the spacecraft would return to earth in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>View original story <a href=\"http:\/\/today.ucf.edu\/71218-2\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five experiments testing everything from how fire reacts in space, to the effectiveness of a lizard-inspired adhesive are headed to the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 22. NASA\u2019s commercial partner Orbital ATK Inc. is scheduled to launch the Cygnus spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 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