TURBOx

It’s not everyday you see something like this going down the highway. The Berard team had the honor of transporting another B1 Bomber from Abilene, Texas to Wichita, Kansas. This makes the third B1 the team has moved in recent years. The team transported the impressive cargo 761 miles through many small towns along the route, with several tight turns to tackle. The trailer configuration really performed well and made those obstacles much easier to tackle. Many people lined the streets of the small towns we passed through and we surely enjoyed seeing the smiles on all of the kid’s faces as we passed by. Social media was buzzing with videos of the move from people and media outlets. Weather conditions were less than favorable with rain and cold temps nearly everyday of the trip but the team pressed on and the B1 was delivered safely in only four days thanks to our dedicated over the road transport team. Thanks go out to all of our team members and to the escort officers in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas for their assistance with the move.

3d satellites satellite prototypes CubeSat. The design includes a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor, a Boston Micromachines Mini-DM, and an internal laser diode light source and external aperture for imaging bright stars. (a) Top view of the optical payload. (b) The optical payload integrated into a 3U CubeSat (left half), along with boards and components to support the power, communications, avionics, and attitude control subsystems. QWP: Quarter Wave Plate. PBS: Polarizing beam splitter. NPBS: Non-polarizing beam splitter. f: Focal length. We have developed a CubeSat-scale SH WFS that can accommodate a MEMS DM and controller to characterize its long-term performance in orbit. The goal is to create a platform that enables rapid evaluation and development of DM technology for future space telescope applications (e.g., the search for Earth-sized exoplanets). We continue to develop and test a payload prototype in the laboratory. We will evaluate the wavefront reconstruction and accuracy of the MEMS DM characterization, as well as refine the system models with perturbation sensitivity analysis. Cr: Maiva Industries