{"id":16619,"date":"2018-08-24T09:15:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T13:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16619"},"modified":"2018-08-24T01:01:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T05:01:55","slug":"exos-aerospace-to-launch-student-and-medical-research-payloads-on-suborbital-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16619","title":{"rendered":"EXOS Aerospace to launch student and medical research payloads on suborbital rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Saturday at Spaceport America<\/a> in New Mexico, EXOS Aerospac<\/a>e will attempt the first launch of the company’s reusable suborbital sounding rocket, which has the title SARGE (Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with GuidancE<\/em>)\u00a0. The rocket will be carrying payloads for\u00a0 student projects and medical research experiments:<\/p>\n

Reusable Rocket to Carry Student and Medical Research Payloads into Space<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Researching science in space has long been a costly endeavor. A rocket launching from New Mexico\u2019s Spaceport America this Saturday may help change that when an EXOS Aerospace SARGE test flight heads into space carrying student and other research experiments.<\/p>\n

Tune in to the launch live stream here at the EXOS YouTube channel<\/a>. It will go active when the live stream begins:<\/p>\n

youtube.com\/channel\/UCh2dmwg4BVRAznfQgdhTm7w\/live<\/a><\/p>\n

Currently, liftoff is planned for 1:00 ET on Saturday (12:00 CT, 11:00 MT, 10:00 PT). The EXOS website (exosaero.com<\/a>) has a countdown timer.<\/p>\n

\u201cReusable rocket technology makes it possible to cut the launch waiting period for a payload dramatically, while also reducing costs,\u201d said EXOS Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer John Quinn. \u201cThis lowers the barriers for the types of NewSpace education experiments made possible by Enterprise In Space (EIS).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The EIS student experiments were created at the Grand Center Arts Academy (GCAA) in Saint Louis, Missouri. EIS worked with Andrew Goodin of GCAA and 24 students from his \u201cBuilding Creative Confidence\u201d class on experiments related to topics such as using the heat of space to melt crayons into space art and determining the effects of the space environment on maple tree seeds that will be grown on Earth when returned from space. To house the experiments, Goodin\u2019s class produced a 3D-printed container that met the criteria of EXOS. In less than two months, they made a 3D-printed cube housing and drop tested it to ensure the object would survive the rocket trip.<\/p>\n