CanSat

On wednesday, the 8th of November, the kick-off with the other CanSat teams and CanSat’s contact persons took place. All ten teams introduced themselves and their secondary missions with or without a PowerPoint – presentation. Of course, we introduced James as our unofficial fifth team member in our presentation. Each … Weiterlesen …

To achieve our plan of an upright landing of the CanSat, we are already working diligently on construction ideas. Our first prototype involved testing the concept of an elongated cavity in the middle of the four legs in which a drill (or something similar) can be placed, so that minimal … Weiterlesen …

In 2021 MAI had already qualified as one of the ten selected teams for the German CanSat project. This year, we – Emilie, Nina, Lili and Neele – are excited to have been chosen to develop and build a miniature satellite the size of a beverage can, which is going … Weiterlesen …

My siblings and I were invited on a trip to Bremen as part of the competition CanSat. We arrived on friday in Bremen and visited the Universum, a museum focusing on science, technology, engineering and maths. We had a tour at the ZARM, the center of applied space technology and … Weiterlesen …

We are proud to announce that our team was awarded third place in the german CanSat competition! The jury especially praised our continuous commitment. Thank you for the award! 🙂 Good luck to the winners of the german preliminary round in the european cansat competition! And thanks a lot to … Weiterlesen …

Our CanSat started successfully and we got our satellite back. It didn´t break due to the fall! Hooray! 😎 We could not see any external damage except for one point on the closure, wich is not a big problem. Take a look: (author: Sophie)

We were able to finish our CanSat and send it to the launch team in Bremen. We also presented our finished satellite to the other teams and listened to their presentations via a video conference. Our satellite was also launched with a rocket: we were able to follow this via … Weiterlesen …

This week we have completed the software and communications. We are making good progress with the operating instuctions. The CanSat is almost completely finished! Just a few final touches are needed. 🙂 (author: Sophie)

We finished the parachute: we used the new fabric band and adjusted the cords. We also improved our folding technique. We tested the parachute by throwing it off the school roof with a prototype of our CanSat. Take a look: We are proud to say: After our devastating first test… … Weiterlesen …