28-02-2025
West Virginia Wesleyan's Space Club to launch probe into space
BUCKHANNON, W. Va. (WBOY) — Students at West Virginia Wesleyan will soon get to see their work fly among the stars as part of NASA's GHOST (Grand CHallenge MesOsphere Student RockeT) rocket launch in Andoya, Norway this November.
West Virginia Wesleyan College's Space Club is helping build a probe that will be sent into space during the launch. Colleges throughout West Virginia are contributing to the rocket's payload with Wesleyan's contribution being a Spectrometer and Langmuir Probe that they will use to measure the region's aurora borealis.
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Wesleyan has participated with other West Virginia schools in similar projects in the past, but this is the first time the launch will be in Norway.
'As you know, not just the President of Space Club, but someone who just loves learning about space and understanding it, I think that this project is huge, especially considering Wesleyan is such a small school,' Wesleyan Space Club President Jacob Dawson said.
When Space Club isn't doing engineering and research, they also enjoy encouraging interest in science in the community. To that end, Space Club will also be hosting a Space Day for the public to have fun learning about science on March 30.
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