{"id":475621,"date":"2023-06-30T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T13:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=migration&p=475621"},"modified":"2023-08-17T17:10:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T21:10:38","slug":"pace-off-nasa-goddard-acoustics-chamber-and-u-s-marine-band-turn-up-the-volume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/goddard\/pace-off-nasa-goddard-acoustics-chamber-and-u-s-marine-band-turn-up-the-volume\/","title":{"rendered":"PACE Off: NASA Goddard Acoustics Chamber and U.S. Marine Band Turn Up the Volume"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With a light flick of the conductor\u2019s baton and a unified breath from each member, the band started playing the two deep and ominous notes easily recognized as the theme of \u201cJaws.\u201d The sounds echoed off the walls of the acoustics chamber at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Duunn dun\u2026 Duunn dun\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something was different. The acoustics chamber isn\u2019t like a concert hall, despite how its name might sound. Instead, the chamber replicates the harsh sound environment of a rocket launch by blasting sound waves at a spacecraft to make sure it can withstand the journey into orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s an anxiety-inducing event for engineering teams. This spring, the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) spacecraft was put to the test and passed, another step toward its launch in 2024 and its goal to study Earth\u2019s oceans from space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Duunn dun, duunn dun, duunn dun, duunn dun\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And just when you thought it was safe to go back in the acoustic chamber, the PACE team thought up a new trial. The mission team invited \u201cThe President\u2019s Own\u201d U.S. Marine Band to Goddard with a thrilling challenge: Could the musicians match the volume of the engineering test?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PACE Mission Enlists the U.S. Marine Band for Acoustic Testing Fanfare\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NtVh5CvIG4I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission nears the end of environmental testing at the agency\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., Systems Engineer Gary Davis enlists the help of the United States Marine Band to see if musicians could match the acoustic levels PACE was subjected to in testing.<br><em>Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center<br><a href=\"https:\/\/svs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/14378\" rel=\"noopener\">Download this video in HD formats from NASA Goddard’s Scientific Visualization Studio<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Scientific Method and a Performance to Remember<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The challenge was the idea of Gary Davis, mission systems engineer at Goddard for the PACE mission. After connecting with Col. Jason Fettig, director of the Marine Band, they both were interested in putting the band to the test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been lucky enough to work on several missions here at Goddard, and whenever I saw those giant speakers, I wondered: How loud could I play an instrument if I were in there? How loud could a real band play?\u201d Davis said. An amateur trombonist himself, Davis was invited to perform with the band during the acoustics tests as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirty-seven members of the band and Davis set up inside the chamber on May 3 to perform in an environment unlike any concert hall. (For the sake of this musical exercise \u2013 and to fit all of the musicians \u2013 the acoustics chamber was otherwise empty.) From the highest pitched piccolo to the lowest range of the tuba and everything in between, the band performed tunes such as John Williams\u2019 \u201cStar Wars\u201d theme song and John Philip Sousa\u2019s \u201cThe Stars and Stripes Forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014701.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014701.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A conductor with back to the camera holds up his baton in front of two-dozen musicians dressed in red. A blue NASA Goddard logo appears on the wall behind them.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014701.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014701.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014701.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014701.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014701.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014701.jpg?resize=900,600 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Col. Jason Fettig leads \u201cThe President\u2019s Own\u201d Marine Band in a performance inside the acoustic test chamber at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on May 3. <strong>Credits: NASA Goddard\/Katherine Mellos<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Later in the day, during a concert held just outside of the acoustics chamber, a note of excitement fizzed through the room when Fettig announced that the next song on the set list was one yet to be heard by the public. In fact, it would be a world premiere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe PACE Fanfare\u201d is an original piece composed by Gunnery Sgt. Scott Ninmer specifically for the PACE mission. The lively melody evokes a sense of inspiration from the very start in the major tones of the trumpets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHearing the director announce an original piece for PACE immediately sent shivers down my spine,\u201d said Natasha Sadoff, applications deputy coordinator for the mission. \u201cBut the horns and then full band playing through it nearly brought tears to my eyes \u2013 pride in the mission and the PACE team that only music could capture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014866.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014866.jpg?w=320\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Red-garbed musicians and their music appear in the foreground of the photo, with a crowd of seated and standing onlookers in the background, all situated within a metal and concrete building with exposed support structures and gantries.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014866.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014866.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Following the performance within the chamber, the Marine Band gave a brief lunchtime concert to Goddard employees. <strong>Credits: NASA Goddard\/Katherine Mellos<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Inside the Acoustics Chamber<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the nature of the acoustics chamber, the songs both sounded and felt different than if they had been played in a normal concert hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The acoustics chamber is made up of concrete walls and two massive speaker horns, about six feet tall, which can project sound at levels as high as 150 decibels, said Brian Ross, group lead for the structural dynamics test group at Goddard. These soundwaves bounce off the walls, hitting the spacecraft to imitate the range of vibrations from a launch. Imagine putting your hand up to a speaker at a concert and feeling the vibrations through your hand, though on a much larger scale for spacecraft tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During their performance of the \u201cJaws\u201d theme, the band played at a volume of 116 decibels. The PACE test was completed at 138 decibels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo give you context, 140 decibels is the threshold of pain,\u201d Ross said.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014899.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014899.jpg?w=320\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A percussionist in red uniform plays timpani in front of a brown metal door with the NASA logo and the word "Goddard" written on it.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014899.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gsfc_20230503_pace_014899.jpg?resize=300,199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A percussionist with the Marine Band plays timpani outside the acoustic test chamber at Goddard. <strong>Credits: NASA Goddard\/Katherine Mellos<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Members of the band discussed how even playing their instruments in that environment felt different. \u201cI could feel the springs on my instrument vibrating,\u201d said saxophonist Staff Sgt. Connor Mikula. \u201cIt\u2019s like when you go to a concert, and you can feel the vibrations in your chest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside of the chamber, the audience members wore foam earplugs. All the performers wore specialized ear protective equipment because the band was going to reach extremely loud volumes that would also be amplified from being inside the chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith the earmuffs on, you can\u2019t hear anyone around except the bass drum and the trumpets,\u201d said clarinetist Gunnery Sgt. Lucia Disano. \u201cBut I could feel the vibrations in the instrument. The reed of the instrument vibrates when you play it, which is how it makes the sound, but I could feel my reed vibrating from the other sounds in the chamber.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Marine Band helped to contribute musical data for Davis\u2019 informal experiment with volumes in acoustic chamber tests. But more importantly, the event underscored \u2013 and scored \u2013 the excitement around the PACE mission as it nears its launch date next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe band was very inspirational and uplifting and I cannot thank them enough for taking the time to visit Goddard,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>By <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:erica.s.mcnamee@nasa.gov\"><strong>Erica McNamee<\/strong><\/a><\/em><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/goddard\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Greenbelt, Md.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\"><h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/goddard\/nasa-interns-blast-off-for-their-first-week-at-goddard\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/goddard-orientation.jpeg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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