Novel Methods of Antibiotic Discovery in Space - Team Cooke

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Team Cooke is excited to finally share the video we made for the first half of our experience working on this project! NoMADS - A Journey to Space is now available on our YouTube channel. Grab some popcorn and experience our journey with us! 🍿🚀

Thank you to all who have helped make this experience so amazing thus far, including NASA's Office of STEM Engagement, Nanoracks, our UNH Manchester community, and of course our Junior Scientists and the Newington Public School community!

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NoMADS - A Journey to Space Watch along as we go from concept to launch in this behind-the-scenes documentary of our journey to send bacteria to the International Space Station.

Reminder that this presentation is tonight!!! 🧫🚀

We are super excited to be speaking at this month's Super Stellar Friday at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center! Register to attend in person or via Zoom at https://www.starhop.com/ssf

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We are super excited to be speaking at this month's Super Stellar Friday at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center! Register to attend in person or via Zoom at https://www.starhop.com/ssf

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Last week, one of our tasks was to Gram stain a WHOLE LOT of bacteria! We stained 98 slides of bacteria that came from the ichips that were in space (the first picture is only 49!). The other photos are some cool examples of some of the stains taken through the microscope at 10,000x magnification!

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Enjoy some photos from our first couple of weeks of processing our samples! We have been squeezing a couple hours of research into each of our days now that the semester has started, and are excited to be able to share some of our work! Stay tuned for more updates!

P.S. These space bacteria are STINKY! 🤢

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Some photos from Day 1 of processing last week! We were in the lab for almost 14 hours, and that was just the first day! Check out our videos from the first day as well in the next post 🚀🧫

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This is a great opportunity for kids to contribute to real science! Check it out and share!

Calling all aspiring researchers! We want YOUR IDEAS to advance the course of space biology. Genes in Space 2023 will be open through April 17, 2023. Apply now at genesinspace.org

Our box has arrived back from SPACE! ⭐️🚀 the processing begins today!

Note: it was labeled “critical space item” !

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Our payload officially returned to Earth on Wednesday morning! We are currently waiting to receive it on our campus, at which time processing will start! 🚀🧫

Even though the rocket didn’t launch on 11/22, it was great to be at the Banana Creek Viewing Area and see some of our Junior Scientists! NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration International Space Station DreamUp UNH Manchester

Launch scrubbed for today. The team has to head back home, but we will be watching the next attempt on the live stream on Saturday!

IT’S LAUNCH DAY!! Here’s some photos from our morning - we got some awesome photos from our Decomposers and headed over to the SSPF one more time to do an interview for WMUR, and of course had to bring our stuffed animal friends!

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After finally packing, screwing, stickering, and handing off our payload, we got interviewed, stopped by the Kennedy Space Visitor’s Center, and went on a van tour of several cool locations! Here are some photos of today’s adventures and be sure to check us out on the Instagram page to see our interview! More to come! 🚀✨

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Yesterday, we constructed our payload over several hours in the lab, and today we can say it is complete! Everyone worked so hard and are so thrilled to have reached this moment! More footage will be coming very soon!
Now for launch Tuesday! 💗⭐️

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Today was another lab day! Lots of autoclaving, minesweeper, and time with our new furry friends! Tomorrow is payload time 😎⭐️

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We visited the Brevard Zoo today! It was absolutely beautiful. There were so many incredible animals that we don’t have back home in New Hampshire! 🦁🦘🍃

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Yesterday was our FIRST day in our NASA lab! The next few days we will be continuing to work in the lab on preparing the payload for hand-off this weekend for our Monday launch! Here’s a bunch of behind the scenes lab photos… 🔬🥼🥽

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Photos from our visit to the Apollo-Saturn V Center! What an incredible place! 🚀⭐️

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We have made it to Orlando, Florida ! Here are our adventures so far! Will be updating live from the Artemis I launch this evening! 🚀⭐️

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We are SO EXCITED to finally announce that our launch date is scheduled for November 18! In just 18 short days, we will be watching the culmination of over a year of hard work fly into space. 🚀

Stay tuned for updates about how to watch, our launch watch party at UNH Manchester, and to see our experience at NASA's Kennedy Space Center starting on November 14!

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