Gadsden Students Project Picked by NASA

GADSDEN, Alabama ---Four Gadsden State Community College students have been selected to participate in a NASA program to test the long-term effects of zero gravity on water.

The group from Gadsden State Community College submitted their plan to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville involving an automated experiment which could be carried into orbit on the International Space Station. In April, the group will get a chance to test their proposal on a series of parabolic flights on a DC-9, the Vomit Comet, to simulate a weightless atmosphere.

In May, the group will begin an internship with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to work out their automated experiment. The experiment could  be sent to the space station in September. Click for more info