Welcome Back to Earth Cactus!

Good Morning!

3.2.1. Launch!
Just a quick update to let y'all know that the rocket has lauched, spent approximately three minutes in space, and has now landed in the ocean, where NASA staff will be working to retrieve it.

All Systems GO! (again)

NASA has given the green light for launch tomorrow! The rocket will launch at 5:00 a.m. CST, and y'all can watch it live HERE.

May the coffee be with you, always.

Thank you for reading!

-Edith

Safety First

This morning Julius and I got an email from one of the organizers for Cubes in Space explaining why the flight was postponed, and I thought everyone here would find it interesting.

I am so very sorry to inform you that the launch has been scrubbed due to weather.  NASA felt the conditions tomorrow would not allow for a safe launch and recovery.  It is my understanding that this is primarily due to the high probability of lighting and difficult sea state.

Obviously this is beyond our control but we have always had contingency plans for something like this.  NASA will have another weather briefing today from 1 to 2 PM to decide if all looks good for Friday.  If it’s good, we will attempt to launch Friday at same time (6 AM).  If it is bad, we will have to think what to do next. 

Cheers,

Debbie

Julius and I have our fingers crossed that the weather will be good enough for launch tomorrow, but since the rocket will land in the ocean, safety comes first.

Thank you for reading!

-Edith

Houston, We've Had a Problem

Thank you for reading!

-Edith

All Systems GO!

Our experiment will be launched into space TOMORROW at 5:00 a.m. CST! For those of you that have strong coffee to combat the early hour, you can watch the launch live HERE.

Thank you for reading!

-Edith

So Exited!

Today Julius and I took a quick peek at our control cubes. Everything seems to be in order...

...the cactus has gone dormant, so there is no growth, and thanks to the gauze and our efforts to sterilize the gravel there is no mold.

Also, there are only seven days left  untill the launch of the sounding rocket! Julius and I can hardly wait!

Thank you for reading!

-Edith