Postcards from Earth: Holograms on an Interstellar Journey
This new temporary exhibit showcases an inspiring collaboration between science and art as a means to reach other star systems at speeds never thought to be achievable.
The exhibits shine’s a spotlight on “Alpha CubeSat” and its eventual journey to orbit. A CubeSatellite, of CubeSat, is a miniature spacecraft.Visitors learn from and interact with the functions that allow Alpha CubeSat to collect data in space through miniaturized sensor and send it back to Earth.
Postcards from Earth: Holograms on an Interstellar Journey is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. It is also made possible in part by Cornell Engineering and the NASA New York Space Grant Consortium.
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