Ironically, NASA broke a part of our tool during a session that ensured the tool shipped safely. We were even making adjustments and fixes in Houston upon arrival. Even then, we were finishing our tool the night before we had to ship it. My co-lead and I knew that it’d be an issue so we tried our best to plan for it. Witter: “The biggest challenge would have to be time. If I had to pick though, it was probably the moment our tool was tested in the buoyancy lab and worked.” What was the biggest challenge of the project? Soren Witter testing out The Claw Witter: “Getting to go on tours and see the facilities such as mission control and the astronaut suit fitting room was awesome.
We have been working on this device for the past year, and seeing it go from a sketch on a piece of paper to a device that we manufactured being tested at a NASA facility was a surreal experience.” Iwersen: “My favorite part was seeing The CLAW being successfully tested in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. It was so rewarding to see a year’s worth of hard work pay off.” We were so nervous the entire time and spent hours perfecting it.
NASA Johnson Space Center Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory What was the most exciting part of the culminating Micro-g NExT event?Īndrade: “The most exciting part of my trip to Houston was when our tool was getting tested in the pool and it worked flawlessly. Here’s what they had to say about their experience. Iwersen is a junior transferring to Texas A&M University as an Aerospace Engineering major, and she hails from Middleton, Idaho. He is also majoring in mechanical engineering, and hails from Steilacoom, WA. Witter is a senior and will graduate in spring of 2023. She was born in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and grew up in Boise. Soren Witter, DeAnna Andrade, and Ainsley Iwersen represented Boise State at the Johnson Space Center.Īndrade is a senior mechanical engineering major who anticipates graduating in December 2022. In true Bronco fashion, Boise State’s team, guided by Distinguished Educator in Residence and retired astronaut Steve Swanson, set about engineering, designing and building a tool to do exactly that. The purpose of the sample marker is to provide real-time data about a sample or rock to the scientists back on Earth.” The design should focus on ease of use with limited hand dexterity and body positioning in a spacesuit. This year’s challenge was to “design a sample marker for astronauts to deploy on the lunar surface. In June 2022, three Boise State students from the NASA Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Team (Micro-g NExT) arrived at the NASA Johnson Space Center Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory to see their device, “The CLAW,” tested by NASA scientists. From the left, mentor Megan Gambs, DeAnna Andrade, Ainsley Iwersen, Soren Witter, and Distinguished Educator in Residence and retired astronaut Steve Swanson at the Johnson Space Center.
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