Cubes in Space 2024

International School 7^th grade Science students participate in the Cubes in Space program, a global STEM program for students 11-18 years of age. Cubes in Space provides two Suborbital Flight Opportunities on NASA Missions. Students research, design an experiment and then write a proposal that connects to a real-world space or earth-based problem.  If the proposal is accepted, then the cube experiment is flown on a NASA sounding rocket or a NASA research balloon and will be launched from a NASA facility in summer 2024.

 

This year, the proposals from six teams from International School were accepted by Cubes in Space for spaceflight this summer. These include the following proposals:

 

The Effect of UV Radiation on Soil Protected by UV Blocking Acrylic.

• Ella Larson, Soni Ajmani, Mackenzie Carver, Sruthi Shri Suresh Kumar

The effectiveness of batteries after going through extreme cold temperatures and air pressure.

• Anvita R. Narahari, Esha M. Sheen, Juno Mao, Charlize P. Lee

The effects of solar radiation on the qualities of protectant materials on the DNA of a freeze-dried strawberry.

• Evelyn Lin, Elina Jacobson, Miki Orimoto

The effect of ionizing radiation of the conductivity of a superconductor.

• Hudson Jerrems, Ayan Gupta, Sami Tanase, William Kullnat

The effect of the extreme cold temperature (-50 degrees Celsius) on the voltage a lithium CR 2032 battery can provide after it returns to room temperature compared to a battery of the same type stored at room temperature.

• Justin Liu, Ryan Shaw, Felix Jiang, and Steven Li

Will the effectiveness of the Tums pill change after undergoing the extreme cold temperature and the pressure of the high altitude?

• Justice Truitt, Bella Akalin, Pranav Srinivas Sarawatula, Raegan Scholl, Julia Lai