The exhibit also will include more than a dozen space-related posters created by faculty and students, with design assistance from Charles Larry, art librarian at NIU Libraries. Other exhibit items will include books on the NASA space program and space-program models of the space station, lunar lander and shuttle. NIU's College of Engineering will exhibit a pneumatically powered robot, appropriately dubbed Pneumatica. It demonstrates the technology of developing extraterrestrial vehicles. Johnson-Wint came up with the idea for the exhibit after several years of participation in a NASA program for university faculty.
Astronauts can lose bone density while in zero-gravity conditions for extended periods.
Built by NIU engineering students, this air-powered robot known as Pneumatica demonstrates the technology of developing extraterrestrial vehicles. So the astronaut would be in extremely fragile shape upon return. They love the science. This page is maintained by the NIU Office of Public Affairs.