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Impact
due to Hurricanes Katrina - 9/01/05
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Due to Hurricane Katrina the first session of LaACES at
LSU will take place Thursday September 8 evening at 7 pm in room 326 of
Nicholson Hall. All students potentially interested in the LaACES
2005-2006 program should attend this session. |
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LaACES
Begins 2005-2006 Program - 8/04/05
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LaACES will begin its next season of student training and
balloon payload development within the next several weeks. Institutions
involved in the 2005-2006 academic year program include Louisiana State
University, University of New Orleans, Southern University, Louisiana
Tech and McNeese. Students interested in participating in this years
program should contact their institution LaACES leader (See the
Groups page). |
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LaACES
Balloon Launch Successfully Concluded - 5/30/05
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On May 24, 2005 two balloon vehicles (ACES-02 and ACES-03)
were successfully launched from the National Scientific Balloon
Facility. These vehicles carried six student-built payloads from five
Louisiana institutions to altitudes in excess of 100,000 feet. Futher,
details about the flights and payloads can be found on the
Flight Information page. |
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HASP
Project Funded - 5/12/05
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Construction of the High Altitude Student Platform (HASP)
will be funded by the Louisiana Board of Regents. HASP is a
ballooncraft system dedicated to support student built payloads that
will be carried to altitudes up to ~120,000 feet for durations up to ~20
hours by use of the multi-million cubic feet polyethylene film balloon.
HASP will support more complex, heavier student-built payloads or
micro-satellite prototypes than is possible using latex sounding
balloons. Further details about HASP can be found on the
Documents
page. |
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LaACES
Balloon Launch Set for Tuesday Morning - 5/23/05
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Students from six Louisiana institutions have gathered at
the NASA National Scientific Balloon Facility with the small
balloon-borne experiment they have designed and built over the last
year. Tomorrow, May 24, will be the day that all of then have been
waiting for ..... LAUNCH! Pre-flight operations will being at 5:30
am and rollout to the launch pad will take place about 6:30am. Launch
of the ACES-02 balloon is expected to take place about 7:30 am, followed
by ACES-03 at about 8:00 am. Each vehicle will carry two GPS radio
beacon and you can track the progress of each flight by using the link
found on our Online
Tracking page |
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LaACES
Teams Head to Texas - 5/19/05
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Six payloads designed and built by undergraduates from
five Louisiana institutions are expected to be launched to the very edge
of space next Tuesday, May 24, from the National Scientific Balloon
Facility in Palestine, Texas. The institutions include LSU, ULL, UNO,
SU and LaTech and the student payloads will involve investigations of
cosmic rays, ultra-violet radiation, humidity at high altitude, the
geomagnetic field and the efficiency of test solar cells. Further
details about the ACES-02 and ACES-03, including real-time tracking
during the flight, can be found on the
Flight Information page. |
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LSU Team
Completes PDR - 3/4/05
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The LSU Team has successfully completed the Preliminary
Design Review (PDR) for their Magnitude of the Geomagnetic Field
Experiment (MAGGEX) payload. For details, including a copy of the PDR
document, see the
LSU Team page under the Groups page. |
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LaACES
Presentations at the SPS Zone 10 Meeting - 3/1/05
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This week's SPS Zone 10 meeting in Lafayette, Louisiana
will feature an ~hour long session on the LaACES program. Dr. Guzik
will provide a 15 minute summary of the overall program and each
institution will provide a 5 minute or so presentation of their
particular payload(s). This special session will begin at 9:00 am on
Saturday March 5, 2005. See
http://physics.louisiana.edu/SPS/
for details about the Zone meeting. |
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LaACES
Flight Operations Date - 2/19/05
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LaACES flight operations for the 2004-2005 academic year
will take place May 22, 2005 through May 26, 2005. Flight Readiness
Reviews (FRR) will begin the morning of May 23 and, consequently, FRR
documents need to be at LSU by May 9, 2005. Balloon launch is
anticipated for May 24 and science presentations will be held the
morning of May 26. |
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LSU Team
Completes Project PIZZA - 2/5/05
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Project PIZZA is the activities associated with the
Student Ballooning Course Project Management unit. The project
preliminary design review was conducted 1/27/05 and operations were
successfully completed on 2/5/05. For details see the
LSU Team page under the Groups page. |
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LaSPACE
Approved for LaACES II - 1/26/05
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NASA announced that Louisiana will be one of 32 states to
be awarded Workforce Development Grants. This source of support will
allow us to continue LaACES into the 2005-2006 academic year, continue
involving students with the MIMIC student-built Mars probe and start
development of an Advanced ACES program. |
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Groups
Page Updates - 12/08/04
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We have revised the LaACES groups page to include specific
information about your student team. Please take the time to review
your page and send me updates (so we can fill in the missing blanks) as
well as corrections to the posted information. If you establish a local
website for your LaACES group please send us the URL so we can include
it on the Groups page. |
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Student
Ballooning Course Evaluations - 12/08/04
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Please complete the student and instructor evaluations for
the Student Balloon Course units you did this semester and return these
evaluations to LSU by December 21, 2004 |
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Video
Conferencing Capability - 12/08/04
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This is a reminder that if you already have not done so,
please investigate your ability to do video conferencing over IP at your
institution (compatible with Polycom ViewStation FX, H.323 protocol).
We are planning several video conferences next semester including one
with Kennedy Space Center. |
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Preliminary Design Review Schedule - 12/08/04
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This is a reminder that your student team Preliminary
Design Reviews need to be held sometime during February 2005 and must be
coordinated with LSU. Please inform us as soon as possible about your
plans. |
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ACES and
HASP Publications - 11/03/04
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Publications of the 35th COSPAR presentations on LaACES
and HASP have been submitted to Advances in Space Research. PDF
versions of these papers are available on the LaACES
Documents
page. |
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LaACES
Leader Training Workshop - May 2004
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On May 24-25, 2004 the first LaACES Leader Training
Workshop was held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Included here is the
workshop announcement and the
workshop agenda. |
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ACES
Pilot Program Schedule - Spring 2003
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Click on this link to view the
Spring 2003 schedule of events for the ACES pilot program at LSU |
