Sara Experiment Module Project: Using Skills to Enlarge Experiences

1 Alessandro La Neve, Centro Universitário UNIFEI, Departamento de Eletricidade,Av. H. A. Castelo Branco 3972, S.B. do Campo, CEP: 09850-901, SP, Brazil [email protected] 2 Flávio de Azevedo Corrêa Junior, Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço, Pça. Mal. Eduardo Gomes 50, S.J.dos Campos, CEP:12228-904, SP, Brazil [email protected] Abstract  Microgravity is calling the attention of dedicated investigators who are bringing some of their results directly to practical everyday academic applications, as a way of increasing the students’ interest in their courses and of giving them a better preparation. To increase the microgravity activities in Brazil, and having the Brazilian participation on board of the International Space Station-ISS as a goal, the Brazilian Space AgencyAEB established a microgravity project for academic and research institutions. IAEInstituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço and UNIFEICentro Universitário UNIFEI established a partnership, starting to work in a joint program. IAE is developing a recovery orbital platform named SARA that has, as a part of its substructures, the SARA Equipment Module, a multi-user monitored environment canister entirely being designed by UNIFEI, the joint program partner. The same module will fly on the platform SARA-Suborbital. Partnership between UNIFEI and IAE has allowed that both institutions worked cooperatively to achieve common goals in the aerospace area.