The genesis of Magnitude was 10 years ago today! On that first day of summer in 2013, Tony and I decided to bring learning to the very edge of human discovery – and, with a bit of luck – the opportunity to bring others with us to peer over that edge. As a for profit company these experiences for the most part have been behind a pay wall. That changes today. Today, I am exhilarated…
I love mission patches. As a memento of a project there is nothing cooler than mission patches! The 2020-2021 season was extraordinary for Magnitude in that we acquired a number of mementos from this flight. When your payload is launched in most space capsules, they do not have a return journey. While there are several ways to get to the International Space Station, there is currently only one way to get experiments back to earth….
Over the last few days we have been able to share just a few of our International partners and NGOs. None of this could be possible if we could not get our experiments to space! In addition to the launch vehicles (Cygnus, Dragon) required to get us there, today we’d like to express our gratitude to two institutions that without them, none of this would be a reality: The International Space Station National Laboratory, and…
Siddhi Raut and her team at LCATS, Wex Foundation, created this amazing video slide show for the AIAA presentation a couple of weeks ago. They have summarized their research and experiences really well, making the best of being in the pandemic. We are super impressed with how Siddhi delivers the presentation with her engaging personality.
Students in San Antonio worked in teams to construct their rovers and the balloon payload over multiple weekends, using the Magnitude.io CanSat to collect telemetry data and visualize them in real-time. Activities included the Lunar Caves remote vehicle, high-powered rocket, and high altitude balloon reaching about 100,000 ft. The WEX Foundation, LCATS provides a safe and engaging environment for these young learners to broaden their skills and curiosity. We need more of these ultimate STEM…
We’re proud to serve as a sponsor of CTE Mission: CubeSat, a national challenge from the U.S. Department of Education to build technical skills for careers in space and beyond. The Department invites high schools to bring space missions to students by designing and building CubeSat prototypes — in the classroom or at home. Investors predict that space will be the next trillion-dollar industry, and as missions in space continue to expand, so do the…
Not only were these students totally engaged, but they were also eager to mentor and share with younger students what they have learned. The data and programming team kept the realtime telemetry data being collected. The payload design team secured all the internal experiment and positioned all the electronics. The weather team kept the rest of the class informed on weather condition and flight prediction. The flight management team filed the Notice to Airmen. Their…
