READY!!!......nevermind. Sad day...

We were so ready to fly this morning!  My mind was not nervous but my hands were a little shaky at first.  Maggie, Allison and I get our experiments ready on the plane ready, and go in for our briefing to get ready to fly. 
First, they tell us some great tips....

"Take a moment to really take in and experience what is going on around you in microgravity."
Doug said this to us and I like it.  I hope to follow this in the future.  Too many times we get really busy in life and forget to "stop and smell the flowers".  Great advise Doug! 

Next, Dom comes in.  He tells us that the weather is bad in the Gulf of Mexico (where we fly) and we will have to try to fly Thursday morning and the second flight Thursday afternoon.  We were very sad to hear this but definitely understand.  We appreciate that he wants us all to be safe.

I want to tell ya'll about the amazing experiments the other teams are taking on the flight but I must sleep now so I can be ready to fly in the morning.  I will post more tomorrow.  We all want to get a lot of sleep so we are rested and ready to 'fly correct' tomorrow!  Hope for great weather! 

Ready!

We are all set and ready to go in the G-Force 1!

Day 2.....Are You Ready to FLLYYY!!!!!!!!!

We are all set and ready to go!
In the morning we had to prove to the TRR (Test Readiness Review Commitee) about our flight experiments, why we are doing them and why they will be safe on the plane; G-Force 1.  This was a little nerve-racking.

Here we are talking to the TRR!

We all decided this made us more nervous than the flight itself!  But, we did very well and we PASSED!  They even passed ALL of our outreach items!  Some of which many of you helped me decide on....THANK YOU!

I decided to bring glitter and Skittles in a ziploc, Noah (our parachute man), and a plastic helicopter.

We even got a tweet about the review on the RGEFP's twitter page; https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/NASA_RGEFP/status/225255866268520448?photo=1

NOW we were ready to set up our experiments on the plane!  The plane is named G-Force 1.  It is very hot inside while setting up experiments....Alison and I were dying...but with help, everything is set up.  We will even have our own video camera to tape us on flight!  Here is the whole team!  (Except our team lead, Ashlee, who was taking the pic)

 This is us with the Utah State team.  They are doing an amazing experiment to study boiling dynamics in microgravity....it is very complex.  They have had experiments flown in Zero-G more than any other team!  Here is a shout out to them! https://www.facebook.com/pages/USU-Get-Away-Special-Team/127915967223993

Aaaaannnnnddd....Noooowwww.....the moment we have all been waiting for......
WE GET OUR FLIGHT SUITS!!!!!
These are the signs on the door that they are in:

HAHAHA!!

...and here I am in the AHmazing suit!!!

And here I am ready to fly in my suit!  Now....off to sleep so I am ready to go bright in early!  Maggie, Alison and I fly tomorrow at 9:30am.  WE WILL NOT FAIL!  'Cuase FAILURE is NOT an OPTION.
Go Zero-F Faculty!

Ready!

We are all set and ready to go in the G-Force 1!

Day 1 - What a Day....We will not FAIL!

 SOOOO EXCITED TO BE HERE!!!!   Then, spent the morning listening to horror stories of things that could happen in reduced gravity.  lol.....While I understand and appreciate the information, it also kinda freaked me out.  But, the ladies and I have all decided we will all do great with no one getting sick!  We are going to stay positive! "Mind over Matter".....that is what I keep telling myself anyway.

We then got to set up and test our experiments in the hanger; with the help of Jamie. We are very excited to be here!

Look! we are on the board set to fly!

OUR EXPERIMENTS:
Here is our first experiment that Maggie, Allison and I will do on Wednesday; Inertial Balance.  How do you measure weight without gravity????  We are hoping this will give us the answer...

Each canister has a set weight in it and we put it in the cup attached to the red blade.  We then push it to the side and let go measuring to see how many times it sways back and forth in 15 seconds.

Allison in action!

Data sheet

 Now our second, Projectile Launcher.  Veronica and Amber will do this on Thursday.

 On this one we will put a large and/or small steel ball in the yellow launcher and launch it at either 30 or 0 degrees to see how each react in reduced gravity.

 

Veronica in action!

Data sheet

So, now we are ready to go!  We will definitely practice some more tomorrow and talk about our outreach items that everyone helped me decide on!  I can't wait for Day 2!  Remember.... 

"Mind over Matter".....and stay POSITIVE POSITIVE POSITIVE!  We will NOT FAIL!

It's time!!!! Reduced gravity flight.Day 1

I'm here!! We are all super excited and waiting to start our first day!

Please help me decide on another item to bring on the Weightless Wonder!  Any ideas???  What do you think will act differently in microgravity?  Please comment below...