Project PoSSUM conducted its first in-flight evaluation of the Final Frontier Design (FFD) 3G IVA spacesuit in the cockpit environment on July 30, 2016. The test was conducted in a Mooney M20K aircraft, flown from Boulder Municipal Airport, and assessed the operational envelope and the...
Project PoSSUM announced today that it had completed the first phase ground evaluation of a spacecraft seat designed to accommodate the Final Frontier Design (FFD) 3G IVA spacesuit. The seat, designed and constructed by Integrated Spaceflight Services (ISS), is configurable for either vertical or horizontally...
Project PoSSUM was a sponsor of this year’s Next Generation Suborbital Researcher’s Conference in Broomfield, CO. This conference brought together vehicle developers with the researchers in suborbital space. Project PoSSUM held a panel that was hosted by PoSSUM members Dr. Rui Moura, Jorge Latre, Blake...
PoSSUM graduated 13 new Scientist-Astronaut Candidates as part of PoSSUM Class 1601. The PoSSUM Scientist-Astronaut Program, designed by former NASA astronaut instructors and hosted by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla., gives its candidates the skills to effectively conduct research on commercial space vehicles...
Project PoSSUM announced today that it will host an interdisciplinary forum, titled “Project PoSSUM and the Art of Science Communication”, at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on April 9, 2016. The first of a series of workshops, this forum will focus on how astronautics enables science...
