*This event is free and open to the public.Join the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering as the KREPE-3 mission capsules return to Earth following their journey to the International Space Station.
The KREPE-3 Return Watch Party will bring together students, faculty, staff and the community to watch the return and learn more about the mission from members of the UK research team.
KREPE-3 is the third Kentucky Re-entry and Probe Experiment mission and includes 12 research capsules designed to collect data during atmospheric re-entry. The mission is led by researchers and students from UK’s Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, in collaboration with the UK Hypersonics Institute.
Visualization of capsule re-entry. Produced by Gas Surface Interactions Laboratory.
