USU NASA Flyers Featured in May 31 Encore Utah Public Radio Broadcast
As student members of Utah State University’s Get Away Special Team depart for Houston’s Johnson Space Center June 1 for NASA’s Microgravity University, Utah Public Radio presents an encore broadcast of “Houston, We Have a Solution.”
The radio story, which airs Tuesday, May 31, at 9 a.m., chronicles the adventures of the 2010 USU team as they conduct a nucleate boiling experiment aboard one of the space agency’s ‘Vomit Comets.’
A second team of Aggie researchers will perform an updated version of the experiment, as they participate in 2011 Microgravity University June 2-11. USU’s team is one of 14 university teams selected to participate in the prestigious program, formally known as NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program. The students will undergo about a week of astronaut training that culminates in weightless flight aboard a specially modified Boeing 727. Read more.
For information about where to listen to the Utah Public Radio broadcast, visit the UPR website.
Related link:
USU Get Away Special Team Facebook Page
Contact: Kerry Bringhurst, 435-797-3138, kerry.bringhurst@usu.edu
Recent USU grad Justin Koeln floats in zero gravity aboard a NASA 'vomit comet' in June 2010. Utah Public Radio broadcasts the story of his team’s adventure Tuesday, May 31.
USU students, from left, Frank McCown, Travyn Mapes and Justin Koeln boil water aboard a NASA microgravity jet in June 2010. A second group of Aggies travels to Houston June 1 to perform an updated version of the experiment.
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