Pictures of Prototype for Centaurus March 2015

NESI Board connected to motor on top of housing

End of motor. This end does not rotate

NESI connected to housing

inside look at housing

Viles being enclosed

Viles with gears

Entire experiment put together. The lexan box is for Zero G Flight. For ISS everything secured inside of Aluminum Nano Lab. Note the Velcro to secure replaceable endcap

Viles with Parfin

Replaceable end caps will have viles secured by RTV and then protective housing

Happy students proud of their work

They have come up with a method for initial freezing.  They are determining what the the thaw rate is and  when the bacteria is viable.  

They will be doing testing for their mechanical components on the zero G flight.

They are coming up with their scrub procedures as well.