They call themselves the SAIT Supernovas and they're the first team from a polytechnic to participate in the Canadian Reduced Gravity Experiment Design Challenge, also known as CAN-RGX.
The challenge takes place annually and is hosted by Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS Canada) in partnership with the National Research Council (NRC) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
The Supernovas, founded and led by SAIT Mechanical Engineering Technology student Sam Relja, chose to research how an electrically powered unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone, could perform in microgravity for their project. The idea was to test whether a scaled-up version, big enough to pick up pieces of inactive satellites or space equipment, could help address the growing problem of space pollution.
