OUR STUDENTS

39​ ​schools

80​ participants

+200​ applicants

41​ women

39​ men

8 PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

70 MEXICO
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1 NICARAGUA

3 SPAIN
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​1 INDIA

2 BRAZIL
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1 FRANCE

1 CHILE
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1 USA

SPECIAL SPEAKER

DONALD A. THOMAS
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Dr. Thomas became an astronaut in July 1991. Dr. Thomas has served in the Safety, Operations Development, and Payloads Branches of the Astronaut Office. He was CAPCOM (spacecraft communicator) for Shuttle missions STS-47, 52 and 53. From July 1999 to June 2000 he was Director of Operations for NASA at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. A veteran of four space flights, he has logged over 1,040 hours in space.
He is a private pilot with over 250 hours in single engine land aircraft and gliders, and over 800 hours flying as mission specialist in NASA T-38 jet aircraft.

GO TO PHOTOS

TEAMS

THE CHALLENGE
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​Plan an experiment that would test the idea of compliant mechanisms in space compatible with MISSE platform and requirements.
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• The mechanisms and actuator can be integrated or consist of multiple elements.
• The material selection needs to be appropriate for the space environment.
• Multi component designs need additional planning for the assembly method (gluing etc.).
• The actuator can use thermal fluctuations or some other environmental inputs – overall it needs to be passive experiment.
• Also propose a manufacturing technology that would be needed to fabricate your sample.

PRIZE
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The winner team is going to send their experiment to the MISSE Module of the International Space Station.
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MISSE provides power, data, and commanding capabilities for customer experiments, tests, and demonstrations. We collect and provide environmental data and monthly photos of deck-mounted items. MISSE is controlled by Aegis Aerospace payload operators from the control center in Houston, Texas.
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We are the only company in Mexico with access to this investigation module on board of the International Space Station.

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WINNERS

MISSIONS COMPLETED! 

Train like an astronaut on the 1/6th Gravity Chair and the Multi-Axis Trainer.

Design, build and launch a team rocket, and safely recover its payload.

Experience neutral buoyancy while SCUBA diving in the Underwater Astronaut Trainer!

Discovery flight
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Extended-duration mission simulation to Mars

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