to develop their technologies so that their CubeSats can communicate with each other in outer space — a design application that sets them apart from other proposals.
help guide these young minds to obtaining financial backing to off-set a $100,000 price tag, Jenkins encourages community and business leaders to invest in the future of STEM in Johnston County.
Jenkins team is meeting several times a week to complete its research and prepare the preliminary design review (PDR) for submission to NASA in mid-December. The team will find out if their PDR is accepted by April 2021.
Simmons echoed her sentiments explaining that these type of programs are crucial to students’ futures. “Being part of a CubeSat team positions them well to go to the universities of their choice and gives them real-world, authentic experience,” he said. “There are no low paying jobs in aerospace. Any student who wishes to work in the satellite world needs this experience with CubeSats while they are in school.”
“If chosen by NASA we begin a two-year journey of building and testing our satellite,” she said. The journey will be a historic milestone for the students, the county and state and Jenkins makes it known that it will not happen without community support. From finding experts in aero/astro/engineering to
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f(x) First in Orbit lands at Kennedy Space Center By Shannon Mann | Photos by Dunja Nasimento-Wilson
Eighteen students from North Carolina’s first CubeSat team traveled to Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently to meet with NASA and other corporate leaders in the field of mechanical and aerospace engineering. The students are part of the f(x) First in Orbit CubeSat team, which formed in April 2020, with the goal of researching, building and launching a minisatellite into space. As the first team from North Carolina to participate in NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, the team was invited to Florida to present
