2015 Microgravity Team
Nine Boise State students brought it to NASA — a new tool that would change space exploration — and they called it ZOIDBERG.
One of only 19 teams nationwide, Boise State’s first-ever Micro-G NExT team introduced their Zero-g Operable Interplanetary Delivery Based ERgonomics Grabber (ZOIDBERG) named after a character in the TV show “Futurama.” Their goal was to design a geoscience tool to help astronauts collect soil samples in future asteroid missions.
Come hear about these outstanding students and their achievements at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab, a 6.2-million-gallon indoor pool that mimics the microgravity space environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. See video of the testing and learn about the exciting experiences students can have working in space research.
Boise State University's Microgravity Team
Presented August 28, 2015
About the Presenters
The Microgravity team is a collection of undergraduate students all working on design problems for NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Crewed Mission in the early 2020s. Their goal is to continue development on tools and technologies that will benefit NASA and continue to outreach to the community get students and the public interested in NASA and space.
Presenting members: Camille Eddy (Mechanical Engineering), Jacob Davlin (Mechanical Engineering), Chris Ruby (Electrical Engineering), Marina Autina (Physics), Zachary Chastaine (Physics), Colton Colbert (Mechanical Engineering), Eli Andersen (Geoscience).