Introductory Workshop: Spacecraft Materials & Mechanics 2:45pm -4:15pm March 14th 2026

Description

• Lab tour with spacecraft materials and mechanics focus:
  1. Mission Operation Control Center (Where we track TPA-1 and other satellites.)
  2. Fabrication and Assembly Facility (Where we develop and build satellites.)
  3. National Satellite Testing Facility (Where you test the satellites with heat, vibration and vacuum.)

• Problem-solving challenge: Imagine you are the satellite engineering team, gathered within the Mission Operation Control Centre because of an urgent call. A report of the situation is already waiting for you on the desk. You and your talented team members have exactly 30 minutes to save the space mission. Flip through any books we provide, search up online, create models to help you visualise, draw on the white board and think back to your science classes – be a hero and propose a solution to this open-ended problem taken from real space missions.