ASU Dust Devils Microgravity Team

03/14/2017

Talk about some amazing students, this is their SECOND incredible project in as many years. The first, launching the first-ever 3D printed rocket engine by a student group, was massively successful.

Now they're reaching for the moon.

Help SEDS UCSD's undergrad team get to the moon! | Crowdfunding is a democratic way to support the fundraising needs of your community. Make a contribution today!

04/07/2016

On November 2015, an interdisciplinary student group from the Arizona State University lead by SDSL submitted a proposal to NASA to design and construct a CubeSat as part of their Undergraduate Student Instrument Project. Our proposed mission, Phoenix, is to measure and quantify the heat island effect on various cities around the world utilizing a CubeSat equipped with an infra-red camera.

We are excited to announce Phoenix has been selected by NASA and is scheduled for launch early 2018. We want to take this opportunity to thank all of you whose hard work and dedication have made this possible. Stay posted for more information.

04/14/2015

Are you interested to see what some of the team from ASU Dust Devils Microgravity Team are doing now? You should be, many are now working to launch Arizona State University's second-ever CubeSat!

Check out the Asteroid Origins Satellite page for updates!

12/07/2014

Dear friends and supporters! It's taken us a bit longer than anticipated, but IndieGoGo perks will be shipping out tomorrow! We apologize for the delay, and thank you again for your support!

04/21/2014

Hello Dust Devils!

The team is back safe and sound in Tempe, AZ and could not have had a more successful trip to Houston! Thank you to everyone that has followed us and supported us throughout this journey, and we look forward to sharing even more with you in the coming months!

Data collection was very successful, and now begins the challenging task of data analysis and developing a final report. We will keep you updated, and soon will have videos and more pictures of the flight to show you, so stay tuned!

Photo: Team lead, Jack Lightholder with Liz Dyer, Alison Gibson and astronaut Nicole Stott floating around the experiment in Zero G!

04/10/2014

The day has come! Jack, Alison, and Liz will be taking off from Ellington in roughly five and a half hours to fly the experiment in MicroGravity!

04/09/2014

Good morning from Houston!

Today , the team will be loading the completed experiment onto the Zero-G Corporation jet in preparation for Group A's flight tomorrow morning!

We've passed our Tech Readiness Review with flying colors (quite literally, check out the lighting!), and couldn't be more excited!

04/07/2014

It's officially day one of flight week at NASA Johnson Space Center and the team is putting the final touches on their experiment in preparation for the Technical Readiness Review!

Wish them luck on a successful mission in the comments below!

03/19/2014

The ASU Dust Devils Microgravity Team has reached and surpassed it's crowdfunding goal!

We would like to extend a HUGE thanks to everyone that shared the campaign as well as everyone that contributed:

Jeff Leland, Darlene Greco, Robert Greco, Jean-Pierre Raumer, Gina Amzler, Rj Amzler, Tanvi Avasthi, Rachel Yvonne Hoskins, Miekkal Clarkson, Cynthia Victor, Chad Harrison, Robert J Amzler, Pye Pye Zaw, Jordan R Helmes, Guglielmo and Wendy Pernice, SEDS-ASU, Jackie Conafay, Jack Lightholder and a few other donors that chose to remain anonymous!

We absolutely could not have done this without you, and thank you for helping future space explorers and space-scientists' accomplish our goals!

Thank you!

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/asu-dust-devils-microgravity-team-help-us-understand-how-our-galaxy-formed

The Dust Devils have been accepted to NASA's MicroGravity program where we will fly a scientific experiment to answer questions about how galaxies are formed.

03/14/2014

Good afternoon from the Dust Devils!

Our very own Jack Lightholder and Elizabeth Dyer were recently interviewed on the LASER Science & Engineering Podcast, explaining everything you would want to know about how we formed as a team and the science behind the experiment!

Go check it out now at: http://www.laserpodcast.com/2014/03/episode-13-microgravity/

This week is all about Microgravity! Chase and Cameron interview some members of the ASU Dust Devils Experiment about their plans to take dust into microgravity and learn more about how planets are...

03/05/2014

The ASU Dust Devils Microgravity Team were just featured in an article by ASU News!

Team Lead, Jack Lightholder, and Team Treasurer, John Conafay, were interviewed by ASU NASA Space Grant intern Kristen Hwang!

A big thank you goes out to Kristen and ASU News publishing this!

https://asunews.asu.edu/20140305_dustdevils

NASA has selected five students from the Dust Devils Microgravity Team at Arizona State University to fly an experiment on the “Vomit Comet,” the endearing nickname given to an airplane th

03/04/2014

For this week's team feature, we'd like to introduce you to our resident Freshman and Team Outreach Coordinator, RJ Amzler:

Robert is currently a freshman in the Earth and Space Exploration program concentrating in Astrobiology and Biogeosciences. Currently he is involved with the Aerospace Scholarships to Challenge and Educate New Discoverers (ASCEND) high altitude balloon research, as well as the Arizona State University chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) where he serves as treasurer. His research interests involve extremophiles and studying life in terrestrial analogues to better understand how life could exist outside of Earth.