Hall High School is headed back into space in the year 2008
with yet another rocket project and will be investigating crystal growth in micro gravity.

 

First into Space The 2004 Launch	Tech2000 Club Growing crystals in micro gravity Before any experiments can be finalized, tests of lighting and camera angles must be tried. Food coloring mixture trial. Food Coloring Test Using standard food coloring and a back lit LED the test shows the mix happening. The audio segment tells us when the internal servo moves the fluid. Testing the back lighting with thin film 4 white gels to block light. 4 Gel Sheets Thin foam for gel Thin Black Covering LED moved to end of cylinder for side lighting Final-Test
The Experiment
Test Videos of the Experiment
2007 Launch
Pictures of Students and work
LaunchQuest
Hall High School's quest for its presence in space started back in the year 2002 In 2004 Hall High School made history being the first school to launch a student's project into space as a part of an amateur rocket.

Participation in Launchquest  was made possible by Chet Bacon's attendance in a summer program sponsored by the University of Hartford and NASA call P.L.A.N. (Photonics Lasers Aeronautics and NanoTechnology) over the past summer (2007).  Students were approached at the beginning of the school year by Mr. Bacon offering them a chance to perform a microgravity experiment.  The students met and decided to participate in an experiment.  The experiment is to form crystals in microgravity and if possible record the event with a micro-camera. The student experiment will fly on an UP Aerospace SpaceLoft™ sounding rocket, with a flight profile of minimally 62 miles / 100 km – the international definition of space.  Approximately five minutes of microgravity time occurs during the flight. Experiments are recovered upon vehicle landing and returned to students for their analysis. Post-flight, students examine payload and data against preflight predictions / hypotheses, and create a final report for posting to the Launchquest.

This will be the second time that Hall High School has placed materials into space.  In 2004 Hall High was the first high school in the world to place a student made project into space which was an key part of the rocket's data collection system.  This project was completed by Julia Cohn then a senior at Hall High School.

Hall's Tech2000 club is hopeful to complete its work and have it approved for launch sometime in April, dates are fluid right now as other experiments and factors may come into play.  One of the club's members has found sponsor in United Technologies Corporation and to date they have helped supply us with some parts and have helped sponsor the actual trip for a few students to travel to New Mexico's SpacePort Launch Facility.  Further information may be found on LaunchQuest.org website.