Christopher E. Carr, Sc.D.

Research Scientist

 

ASTRO 2013


We have applied to the NASA High Altitude Student Platform (HASP) program to fly our first payload, an electrostatic particle trap based on a design developed by Taewon Han and colleagues at Rutgers University.

Air Spora Trapping and Recovery Operation (ASTRO) is a student project led by Jessica Sandoval to recover high altitude biological particles and characterize them through sequencing.

What we will do?


  1. •Build and test payload with a particle collector

  2. •Fly as part of the HASP 2013 campaign (if selected) or another alternative

  3. •Sequence collected particles

Image credit: Hamel & Thompson c/o Wikipedia

The HASP payload integration location: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility