Tracy, I watched the International Space Station fly over again last night. This time I was prepared with binoculars. Pretty cool!
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone On Aug 29, 2013, at 12:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dr. Fitz-Coy was my faculty advisor when NASA sent me back to school for one > of my Master's degrees. I'm glad to see him win this opportunity. > > > ---- Woody Bass <[email protected]> wrote: >> http://news.ufl.edu/2013/08/28/uf-nasa-project/ >> >> NASA enlists UF faculty to develop small satellite technology >> >> GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mechanical and aerospace engineering and astronomy >> faculty members at the University of Florida have been selected to work with >> NASA’s Langley Research Center on navigation and guiding systems for small >> satellites. >> >> Norman Fitz-Coy, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, said >> the instruments developed for this project are based on some of the oldest >> navigation tools used throughout history. >> >> “‘Attitude’ is the knowledge of your orientation,” Fitz-Coy said. “On a >> spacecraft, you need to be able to identify your attitude accurately, and >> you need to be able to change it. So we’re developing two things: a system >> for gaining attitude knowledge – we call it a ‘star tracker,’ it’s really a >> modern version of a sextant, like those used by sailors – and a gyroscope to >> give you the ability to control or reorient your attitude.” >> >> Joining Fitz-Coy on the project are John Conklin, an assistant professor of >> mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Steve Eikenberry, a UF Research >> Foundation professor of astronomy. >> >> “Dr. Eikenberry has a background in optics – the star tracker is a camera, >> to a degree – and precision instrumentation is definitely Dr. Conklin’s >> strength,” Fitz-Coy said. He added that his own research focus is in control >> moment gyroscope (CMG). >> >> Natalie Clark at Langley Research Center and several other NASA scientists >> will work on the project with UF. Her focus will be on writing algorithms >> and software for the star tracker system, to integrate it with UF’s >> technologies. >> >> “NASA used to make big satellites that were very expensive. As the agency >> focused on Mars research, we found ourselves with fewer resources,” Clark >> said. “The agency then refocused, producing faster, smaller and less >> expensive satellites in volume. Now we’re improving on that model by adding >> sophisticated systems to smaller satellites that can better collect data and >> fly with better precision than ever before. That’s where this technology >> comes in.” >> >> The project will receive $200,000 from NASA’s budget over the next two years >> and is already underway. >> >> Credits >> >> Writer >> Jen Ambrose , [email protected] >> Source >> Norman Fitz-Coy, [email protected] >> Source >> Natalie Clark, [email protected] >> Comments are currently closed. >> >> >> > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
