{"id":21401,"date":"2021-09-05T18:27:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T12:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/?p=21401"},"modified":"2021-09-05T18:33:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T12:48:25","slug":"oscar-qube-successfully-integrated-into-the-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/oscar-qube-successfully-integrated-into-the-iss\/","title":{"rendered":"OSCAR-QUBE successfully integrated into the ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/oscar-qube-team-675x328.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21402\" width=\"841\" height=\"409\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/oscar-qube-team-675x328.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/oscar-qube-team-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/oscar-qube-team-228x111.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/oscar-qube-team.jpg 1028w\" \/><figcaption>ESA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The student team behind experiment OSCAR-QUBE are celebrating after hardware was integrated into the International Space Station\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icecubesservice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICECubes facility<\/a>\u00a0by ESA astronaut\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Science_Exploration\/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration\/Astronauts\/Thomas_Pesquet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thomas Pesquet<\/a>, on September 3, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to ESA, the OSCAR-QUBE experiment uses diamond-based quantum technology to perform extremely rapid and precise magnetic field measurements, allowing the team to create a high-resolution map of these fields from Low Earth Orbit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"newspaper-x-video-container\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As part of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@esa<\/a>&#39;s Orbit Your Thesis! programme, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uhasselt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@uhasselt<\/a> student team OSCAR-QUBE designed, built and tested their space-bound diamond-based <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/quantum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#quantum<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/magnetometer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#magnetometer<\/a>.  Yesterday it was installed by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thom_astro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Thom_astro<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICECubesService?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ICECubesService<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ISS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ISS<\/a> &amp; the expt is working very well already! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CBRkKCR39w\">pic.twitter.com\/CBRkKCR39w<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESA Education (@ESA__Education) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESA__Education\/status\/1433761202430173187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 3, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is part of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESA Education Office<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Education\/Orbit_Your_Thesis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orbit Your Thesis!<\/a>\u00a0programme, where student teams produce their own experiments to be installed onboard the International Space Station. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This \u201clearning by doing\u201d approach not only gives students fantastic experiences to form the foundations of their future careers in the space sector but also actively contributes to the advancement of science and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICECubes facility will be OSCAR-QUBE\u2019s home for the next eight months, but the immediate next step is for the students to begin a series of test routines designed to ensure that the experiment is working properly after its turbulent ride into space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once full functionality has been confirmed the team will switch the equipment to collection mode, providing the students with valuable data to analyse, says 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