Team Nova

We have cut together a compilation video of one of our accompanying teachers on the CanSat trip: Dr Weller!

http://teamnova.co.uk/dr-weller-and-his-antics/

Team Nova | Dr Weller and his Antics Dr Weller, an accompanying teacher on the CanSat trip, likes to be a bit silly when he is not in a school environment! I trawled through footage I had of him from previous trips and the CanSat trip to put together this compilation video! Note that this has been uploaded with Dr Weller’s permission!

Found our hacked up fake power-over-Ethernet adapter in the stuff we brought to the launch last week. It's the small things that make a project fun!

Here we have it! All the detail about the events of today, and an accompanying video! http://teamnova.co.uk/cansat-competition-day-3-and-results/

Team Nova | CanSat Competition: Day 3 and Results Waking up nice and early, we had mixed feelings for the re-attempt at the launch today, especially seeing as the tertiary backup laptop had not been fully tested. We did some last minute tests, packed the bags, had breakfast and headed back to the airfield. Luckily, the staff there had found the lap...

A small teaser for the longer post later today or tomorrow! http://teamnova.co.uk/cansat-results-teaser/

Team Nova | CanSat Results Teaser We launched the CanSat with some success! We have yet to put a video together and collate all the data, but here is a short teaser: the presentation we used to present our data to the judges! Nova Data Presentation(link)

Back in London! Post about data is going to be written tonight.

Unfortunately, we narrowly missed 1st place, as our can was not dimensionally compliant and the primary mission data we presented was not up to scratch. Had the launch happened yesterday, we would have had more time to process and present the data.

Congratulations to both the winning teams! Hopefully the European Finals are just as successful! Go UK!

Launch complete! More info to follow post-mortem analysis.

Ready for launch!

We have found that secondary mission backup laptop! Off to the airfield now!

We have found the primary laptop! Now we have the primary and the tertiary backup prepared for launch.

CanSat Competition: Day 2 recap. http://teamnova.co.uk/cansat-competition-day-2/

Team Nova | CanSat Competition: Day 2 Day 1 came and went. Day 2 began with an early start and a nice breakfast. With the belief that all was integrated, we set off for the National STEM centre for some last-minute preparations. We hot-glued the landing module shells shut and tested the rover again, just to make sure all was good, and a...

We have just lost two of our laptops: the mission critical one and the 1st backup. David is now working on the 3rd to install the software on the third.

Testing GPS from the Team Nova outpost on a random embankment outside the STEM centre.