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Gravitational and Space Research
Volume 7 (2019): Issue 1 (August 2019)
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Challenges of ERAU’s First Suborbital Flight Aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard M7 for the Cell Research Experiment In Microgravity (CRExIM)
Pedro J. Llanos
Pedro J. Llanos
,
Kristina Andrijauskaite
Kristina Andrijauskaite
,
Vijay V. Duraisamy
Vijay V. Duraisamy
,
Francisco Pastrana
Francisco Pastrana
,
Erik L. Seedhouse
Erik L. Seedhouse
,
Sathya Gangadharan
Sathya Gangadharan
,
Leonid Bunegin
Leonid Bunegin
and
Mariel Rico
Mariel Rico
| Jun 08, 2019
Gravitational and Space Research
Volume 7 (2019): Issue 1 (August 2019)
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Article Category:
Research Note
Published Online:
Jun 08, 2019
Page range:
1 - 12
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2478/gsr-2019-0001
Keywords
Suborbital flight
,
Cell biology
,
Blue Origin
,
New Shepard
,
Sensors
,
Microgravity
© 2019 Pedro J. Llanos, Kristina Andrijauskaite, Vijay V. Duraisamy, Francisco Pastrana, Erik L. Seedhouse, Sathya Gangadharan, Leonid Bunegin, Mariel Rico, published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
Figure 1
Life support system for T-cells.
Figure 2
Temperature and relative humidity profiles on the day of the scrubbed Blue Origin launch (December 11, 2017).
Figure 3
Acceleration profile in each direction (x-dark blue; y-light blue; z-purple) during the 10-min suborbital flight. In the x-axis (specifying time), there are four minor markers (~24 s each) or about 1 min 26 s between two major markers.
Figure 4
Temperature and relative humidity profiles during the successful Blue Origin suborbital flight.
Figure 5
a. Blue Origin suborbital flight profile. b. New Shepard’s full acceleration profile. c. Acceleration at maximum G on ascent, and the MECO phases. d. CC separation. e. Microgravity phase. f. Reentry phase. g. Peak parachute load. h. Landing impact.
Figure 6
a: Enclosed NanoLab ready to being handed off to NanoRacks. b: Student conducting an integration test for the sensor inside the NanoLab at the PPF before flight. c. Acceleration contour map during suborbital flight on December 12, 2017. Right vertical column indicates the variation of acceleration as a function of altitude and time.
Figure 7
Blue Origin acceleration profile. a: 3D plot of acceleration sensed, altitude, and time. b: Acceleration sensed by NFF sensor as a function of time: acceleration as a function of time as in the Payload User’s Guide (PUG).
Figure 8
Overview of the sequence of events from preflight operations to postflight operations. Dashed red box shows the blowout section depicted in Figure 9.
Figure 9
Estimated sequence of events for the postflight operations is a zoomed section of Figure 8 as represented by the dashed red box.
Figure 10
a. New Shepard M7 mission taking off from the WTLS (www.blueorigin.com) showing the orientation of the launch site. b. Wider view of the West Texas Launch Site (Google Maps).
Figure 11
Velocity (east) during the microgravity phase of the New Shepard’s crew capsule.
Figure 12
Velocity (north) during the microgravity phase of the New Shepard’s crew capsule.