{"id":30116,"date":"2011-11-15T11:04:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T16:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=30116"},"modified":"2020-08-25T12:28:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T16:28:46","slug":"ucf-students-to-experience-free-fall-for-physics-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-students-to-experience-free-fall-for-physics-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Students To Experience Free-Fall for Physics Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_30119\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\" class=\"figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"figure-img size-medium img-fluid w-100 wp-image-30119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-300x300.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-512x512.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-767x767.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"figure-img size-medium img-fluid w-100 wp-image-30119 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-512x512.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-767x767.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1.jpg 900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2011\/11\/lauraseward1-300x300.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Laura Seward is one of several students going for a Zero-G ride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A team of current, past and future University of Central Florida students will float around in weightlessness like astronauts this month as part of a physics experiment that could provide valuable information for future trips to the Moon or asteroids.<\/p>\n<p>UCF Associate Professor Josh Colwell is leading a team of students on a Zero-G flight on a specially modified Boeing 727 on Nov. 20. The students will be manning several experiments during the flight, which departs from Titusville municipal airport at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gozerog.com\/\">Zero-G<\/a>&nbsp; is providing the special plane. It will conduct parabolic maneuvers that achieve weightlessness. Specially trained pilots fly these maneuvers at between 24,000 and 34,000 feet altitude. The weightlessness is exactly what astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/space\/\">experience in space<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExperiencing a zero-gravity environment is a once in a lifetime opportunity that most people only dream about,\u201d said Amanda Stevenson, who will be on the flight. Stevenson is a recent UCF graduate with degrees in physics and aerospace engineering. \u201cI hope that by experiencing microgravity first-hand, our team will gain a better understanding and appreciation for this unique environment, enabling improved research, experiments and techniques.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the eight experiments is two-fold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to know how the surface of an asteroid or the Moon &nbsp;respond to the kinds of impacts that result from manned or unmanned spacecraft activity to better know how to manage dust hazards during future explorations of the Moon or asteroids,\u201d said Colwell, who specializes in how the solar system formed and is an expert on Saturn\u2019s rings.<\/p>\n<p>The team also is looking to see what kind of collisions lead to sticking and what kind of collisions lead to erosion so that we can better understand the conditions that allow for the growth of &#8220;planetesimals,&#8221; the small precursors to planets.<\/p>\n<p>Another experiment the team is calling \u201cThe Little Bang\u201d aims to collect data about the early stages of planet formation.<\/p>\n<p>The students who will be flying with Colwell have been configuring and modifying the equipment needed to run the experiments at a lab at UCF\u2019s Orlando campus.<\/p>\n<p>The box that contains all the necessary ingredients for the experiments is referred to as PRIME (Physics of Regolith Impacts in Microgravity Experiment). It was flown in 2001-2003, but was bolted to the plane during the zero gravity flights, which affected the quality of the data collected at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Students have tweaked the box so it can fly freely to more accurately represent what happens in space. The team also upgraded a video camera to capture all the action inside the box during the flight.<\/p>\n<p>Engineer and UCF graduate Nico Brown, of West Palm Beach; Laura Seward, a graduate student working on a Ph.D. in physics; and Mackenzie Campbell, of Lake Wales, a UCF undergraduate working on a degree in mechanical engineering will join Stevenson on the flight.<\/p>\n<p>The final flier is Hunter Nagler, of Winter Park, who is a Valencia Community College student. He plans to transfer to UCF next year through the Direct Connect program with an AA degree already in hand. He will work toward degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering once at UCF. He heard about Colwell\u2019s work through a family member and began working in the lab this past summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited,\u201d Nagler said. \u201cIt means I have the opportunity and privilege to be involved in real-world research that actually matters. Not for a science fair, not for a lab project to get a grade, but actual research that will hold a bearing on the universe we live in and how we come to understand certain aspects of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also the thrill of what amounts to the world&#8217;s largest roller coaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe weightless environment means I get to float around like an astronaut, and I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever met someone who hasn&#8217;t dreamed about being an astronaut at some point,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The experiment is one of several being conduced out of UCF\u2019s Microgravity Center. 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