Florida Poly student team, Silver Eclipse, is heading to NASA’s Johnson Space Center and the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, Texas, for microgravity testing June 1-3.

The University’s NASA Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Team (Micro-g NExT) developed a specialized tool docking system to help astronauts securely store and access equipment during spacewalks on the International Space Station.

On Tuesday, June 2, NASA will evaluate the design in a simulated microgravity environment.

Watch the livestream

• When: Tuesday, June 2, from 3-3:30 p.m.
• Where: BARC Atrium
• What: Live broadcast of the team’s official NASA testing session

Team Silver Eclipse

• Student Members: Adrian Santos (team lead), Isabella Duran, Cole Rhodes, William Roche and Reynaldo Smearman
• Faculty Mentors: Dr. Alexander Murphy and Dr. Apurva Patel

For more information, please contact Dr. Alexander Murphy.