• Question: has your work ever been in to space and if yes how long?

    Asked by ALEX TUCKETT to Alex, Julia on 7 Dec 2015. This question was also asked by 359nch25, crystal blossom1123.
    • Photo: Julia Attias

      Julia Attias answered on 7 Dec 2015:

      @693nch28, @359nch25 and @263nch25,

      If you asked me this 3 months ago I would have said no… but now I can say yes 🙂 The Skinsuit was worn on ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen to the ISS in September this year – we were so happy!! So it has been in his space for the whole time he was – 8 days! We are hoping for it to go back next year on another astronaut for much longer. Check out the photo of Andreas wearing the skinsuit on my profile /launch-zone/profile/juliaattias/ 🙂

    • Photo: Alexander Finch

      Alexander Finch answered on 8 Dec 2015:

      Yes, several times! Parts I designed in 2011 and 2012 were added to some satellites that got launched recently. I also had some bad luck, as two satellites with parts I made on didn’t launch properly and came crashing back to Earth! Not because of the part I made, though 🙂

      The parts I worked on then were part of the attitude control system, which is the system to work out which was the satellite is pointing – not easy when there is no ground or feeling of gravity!

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