Eva Godwin and Gael Gonzalez, astrophysics majors at the College of Charleston, are sending their research instruments to the International Space Station aboard the Northrop Grumman Cygnus-24 mission. They have been involved in all phases of the project for two years, from concept to integration. This marks the college's first contribution to a space mission and is significant for South Carolina. The project includes a liquid lens-based optical camera and an ultraviolet camera to study biological samples in microgravity.
""It was honestly such a huge honor to be trusted with something that will eventually be handed off to NASA. Not a lot of undergraduates, especially in South Carolina, can say they've done something of this magnitude.""
""It's a great honor for us to be part of the college's first space-based mission and also part of South Carolina's first instrument demonstration in space. Being undergraduates-and seniors about to graduate-that really puts us out there and helps people know our names in South Carolina for a big mission like this.""
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