The ARTEMIS Space Academy is an opportunity for young people, adult learners, families, communities, and businesses to gain new knowledge and skills through exploring space science, developing their ideas into experiments and applications and participating in real space missions.
We aim to pave the way for people of all ages and backgrounds to have the opportunity to access space as a tool for inspiring the next generation of space scientists and enable the acquisition of 21st Century knowledge and skills to thrive in today’s world. Through a series of Masterclasses, Maker Labs, Workshops and Teacher training courses our team of Space Scientists will guide you through the process of designing your experiment, participating in a space mission, and launching it into Space. It’s that simple!
Prices for the Space Academy start from £250.
For School, Science Club and Corporate bookings email our Project Manager, Sotira at sotira (at) iuniversequest.com
Unit 1: Aeronautics
In Unit 1 we investigate the basics of Space Flight through Aeronautics and the principles of flight. We will design and launch light weight models of space craft to research, experiment with, and test different designs with a variety of flight characteristics.
Unit 2: Rocketry
In Unit 2 we investigate the history of Space Exploration and the design of rockets. We will design a variety of rockets and then will go through the phases of engineering, building and launching our rockets for flight testing.
- Explore “How Science Works” through testing different design ideas and experiments
- Apply examples of forces and motion through launch pressure, acceleration, and comparison of weight and mass
- Investigate a range of aerodynamical designs through changing the shape of fins, nose cones and wing span.
- Improving designs through analysing, comparing, modifying and improving performance
- Team work through working as a team and collaboratively on project ideas
- Providing an environment for capacity building through acquiring new knowledge and technical skills
Unit 3: Robotics
In Unit 3 we look at the design and programming aspects of robotics and explore a range of robots through simple to complex tasks. We touch base with Arduino’s and look at robotics used in the space industry for space exploration.
- Build a robot of your own design.
- Learn and use sophisticated hardware and software.
- Develop design, project management, programming, teamwork, and strategic thinking skills.
Unit 4: Cansats
We step it up a level and enter the race to space through the CanSat Challenge, a design-build-launch competition for near-space exploration. Gain the satisfaction of being involved in a complex engineering project, from conceptual design, through integration and testing, launching, data analysis, and concluding with a post-mission summary and presentation of results.
A CanSat is a simulation of a real satellite, integrated within the volume and shape of a regular soft drink can. The challenge is to fit all the major subsystems found in a satellite such as power and communication system into this minimal volume (into a soft drink can of 350ml). The CanSat is then launched to an altitude of a few hundred metres by a rocket or dropped from a platform or captive balloon and its mission begins: to carry out a scientific experiment and achieve a safe landing.
Unit 5: Micro-Satellites
Modern advancements in technology has brought forward a new age in space exploration through micro and pico satellites. Using tube and cubesats we will design and build experiments to take place through our fleet of micro-satellites and touch base with programming skills, learning how to programme and use Arduino to develop a fully working satellite that will be launched into Space through the ARTEMIS Open Space Programme.
Your project will be incorporated into the ARTEMIS Cubesat Constellation and Team Synergy Moon’s launch manifest for the Lunar Google X PRIZE. In 2014 the first of the team’s two Cubesat missions will be launched aboard Interorbital Systems N7 Microsatellite Launch Vehicle. Click here for Interorbital Systems Launch Manifest
Unit 6: Tesla Space Telescope
This is the first space asset of our Synergy Space system for public access to space, the Tesla Orbital Space Telescope. This NanoSat will have the following features:
- Telescope – to view/image the Moon!
- Imaging chips – to record video or still images from the telescope
- Radio receiver and transmitter – to receive command and control signals and to send data and messages to earth or into the space
- Active attitude control system – to navigate and aim the telescope
- A sensor package to sense the orbital environment, including temperature, light, radiation and selected radio frequencies of interest to radio astronomers
This is the start of our participatory space program, and here is your opportunity to participate, to get involved in space research, exploration and development. Our space program, Synergy Space, will be accessible via smart phones and tablets, personal computers and specialized virtual reality interfaces. Synergy Space virtual simulations will provide users with not just the data, but the experience of exploring outer space.
Launch of the Tesla Orbital Space Telescope NanoSatellite will be year, in 2014, currently scheduled aboard an Interorbital Systems’ N7 microsatellite launch vehicle. You can read about Interorbital Systems’ SmallSat Launch Program to learn more.
Unit 7: Lunar Mission
Participate in a real mission to the Moon! ARTEMIS Space and Team Synergy Moon are one of 22 teams participating in the Google Lunar X PRIZE. To win the Google Lunar XPRIZE, a team must land a robotic spacecraft on the Moon, navigate 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send video, images and data back to Earth. This global competition is designed to spark imagination and inspire a renewed commitment to space exploration, not by governments or countries – but by the citizens of the world. In this Unit you will act as a mission crew member as part of Team Synergy Moon.
Lunar Rovers:
Team SYNERGY MOON’s Lunar Lander:
Lander Technology
The lander is designed to deploy the Tesla Rovers on to the lunar surface. It is smart machine, featuring the first moon based internet web server, a communications relay, cameras for observing its lunar surroundings and the first lunar based telescope for making observations of cis-lunar space.
Interplanetary Robotics, Tesla Prospector and Tesla Surveyor:
The Tesla Rovers
As a part of the Google Lunar X PRIZE we have designed the Tesla Surveyor whose mission is to successfully travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data back to the Earth.
The Tesla Surveyor is a spherical rover, designed as a virtual excursion vehicle. Equipped with twin high definition video cameras for stereoscopic vision, the Tesla Surveyor will take viewers on a trip across the surface of the moon. The Tesla Prospector is a more traditional 4 wheeled rover, designed as a virtual prospector, with sensors and cameras to examine the environment and identify the mineral content of the rocks and lunar regolith.
The Tesla Prospector Rover will also be equipped with twin cameras for stereoscopic vision. Both rovers feature an internet based control system that will allow tourists, scientist and prospectors to take control of the rovers for a virtual excursion on the moon.
Mentors and Ambassadors Programme
The ARTEMIS Mentors and Ambassadors Programme is a community of representatives from students associations, academia, industry and STEM stakeholders (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) who volunteer their time to support young people and communities to engage in Science and Technology based activities using space as a platform to do so.
- The Mentors and Ambassadors Programme provides a lasting impact on young people and adult learners through personal interaction with peers from the STEM community
- Mentors and Ambassadors have the opportunity to develop their own interpersonal skills and gain experience in education and public outreach through workshops, seminars, activities and events
- The public have an opportunity to interact with scientists and professionals from a range of industries and participate in research projects with Mentors guiding them through the process
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