On the benches!

Hi guys! From tomorrow we will be again at DLR center of Oberpfaffenhofen for banch and spinning tests of our experiment!

As always form tomorrow there will be a day by day report and photos of events! Stay tuned!

This is our Laboratory and our module... all in one bag!

DAY 1 - TRAIN TRIP
After 8 hours in one really comfortable train we arrived in Steinbach from Bologna. We had just time to have an incredible dinner and to greets some friend of REXUS/BEXUS programme. The evening is finished with Nik and Faabian in our room taking some beer.


DAY 2- TESTING THE SERVICE MODULE
Today after we arrived in DLR we tested our electronics, communications and telemetry with the service module that will fly with our rocket. All gone well and we didn't have any problems! Only a pity to don't have Wifi inside the laboratory but this is necessary for safety. So the updates will be less frequently and only in the evening.

DAY 3- THE HOT COUNTDOWN
Today after that all experiment were ready and integrated also with service module and the rocket connected with the recovery module were made 2 countdown. One cold and one hot with all experiments running. It's means also our foam. This means that we removed the safety plug to arm the springs and electrovalves. Unluckly we had some problems. Our experiment worked as epected in all mecchanical and electronical parts... but we had a problem with the reaction. The good side of the thing is that we know the problem and how solve as those problem was our fault. We undervaluated some conditions. After a little speaking with the panel of Rexus/Bexus programme we had the ok for the launch! It's means that we will be in Kiruna!
Day is finished eating all toghether and with an afterdinner in the room of SOMID team drinking all togheter!

DAY 4 & 5 -WEEKEND
Wekeend! We were already near Munich, so why don't spend these days enjoyning the city? We also visited the science and technical museum with TELESCOBE ans SHUANEED teams. After these 2 days Redemption team is returned to home ready for work for launch!





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Happy New Year

Merry Christmas

Redemption lighted like a Christmas tree ;)

Ready for Bremen!

Hi! today a part Redemption Team (Antonio, Federico and me - Marcello -) will travel to Bremen to take part at Vibration Tests and Integretion week! Unlucky our team leader Stefania will be not with us... It is very sad, but Stefania be sure our "stalking" activities will continue by phone ;)

Again thankyou to all the staff of Rexus/Bexus and to all others teams for all the fun




DAY 6 - FREE TOUR IN BREMEM AND FLYBACK

Today was the last day so we decided to make a tour for the city and our thinking is that you must to see Brema, especially in this period with the Xmas Market. We also find a nice pub were to spend evening with beer and a lot of fun! After that in the night I went to airport to return in Italy passing from Lithuania. Unluckly i knew that Federico and Antonio had some turbles with their flight for a snow-storm in Brema.



DAY 5 - THE LAUNCH SIMULATION & XMAS PARTY "ONETHOUSEND EVENING BEERS"

We just finished to perform some launch simulations. All was good for everybody! We still have some work to do before the banches tests of janary but we will do it at pur university. And now we are waiting for Xmas party organaised by Mark Fittock :)
The Party was absolutley incredible. A lot of fun a lot of beer, a lot of new friends. Sean from TELESCOBE team (our new friends, other member are Stephen and Jack) became also our "onorary" member. He also decided to be barman for one night! With us were also Adam and Malcom from Suaineadh Team

DAY 4 - THE ROCKET PAYLOAD ASSEMBLY AND TESTING

Today, with the stuff of Rexus/Bexus we assembeld all the experiment togheter and we checked again our comunication to be sure to don´t have interference. All was ok :) After that we did another test with a kind of personal launch simulation. Was really cool to ear "Redemption here there will be your ground station" :P Of course also this test was ok. Tomorrow we will have the launch simulation test and after, in the evening, the Xmas party all togheter! So what are you waitinfg for apply for an Rexus/Bexus program?


DAY 3 - THE VIBRATION

The X day... We affronted the big shaker. The scary test. But our Module did not have problem. We perform vibration test on Y, X and Z Axis. We lose only a screw and this is a big result, becouse we know the we forgot to fix that screw with the glue. Unuseful to say how much happy we were! We want say thanks to Hans and Natasha from Rexus/Bexus and the DLR staff of Vibration Laboratory. Were all very friendly and professional and we also have as gift a cool pen form the lab ;)


DAY 2 - THE SKIN

We worked hard to assemble the electronical part that was transported by Federico to avoid damege. We fixed all the cable, and we integrated the Redemption with the rocket Module. Now it has a cool blue skin. The view is amaying. Looks very pro. After that we checked that our electronics can comunicate in right way with the rocket interface. After some intial problem gived by some not functional channel of simulator and twisted cable we had a perfect telemetry! Now Redemption is ready for the big shaker! In the evening traditional german dinner all togheter!


DAY 1 - THE TRIP

My Hand-Bag...

The trip of me and Redemption was very long... a kind of odissey. We take the plane form Milano-Bergamo and we landed at Weeze-Dussendolf. From there we take the train, we change 4 trians ad we arrive in Bremen at 1.40 am... Luckly the hostel in which we sleeped was open and the recieption very friendly. some hour of sleep before an hard full work day.

Ladies and Gentelman...

... let me introduce REDEMPTION!

This is our module in final configuration! Monday I will need to take the plane with him and I will try to pretend that it is only an handbag ;)

2000 hits!

We had 2000 visit! Thank you! We collect this visit with official counter, but we had also other 1200 "not official" visit before put the counter...

In this monent we are working hard to arrive in Brema for the vibration test and integration week with our module in "flight conditions". We are a good point, only few things still to fix. We did a great job. In few more photos ;) stay tuned!