About

Mission Raise Awareness Space Balloon (RASB) –

BTS-1 (BTS for Balloon Transport System) is the first mission of Fuzz Aldrin, a teddy bear, and Camilla SDO, a rubber chicken and NASA SDO’s mission mascot, to the edge of space (about 100,000 feet) in a weather balloon.

The mission patch of the RASB project is based upon the symbols of both Fuzz Aldrin and Camilla SDO’s purpose.

In the foreground, a solitary balloon ascends into the dark of Space. Above the balloon is the constellation Ursa Minor (Little Bear) for Fuzz Aldrin. To the left of the balloon is the to be discovered constellation Pullus (the Latin word for Chicken) symbolizing Camilla Corona SDO.

The blue ring highlights our planet Earth. The words Scientia quod Pacis around the edges of Earth represent both Camilla and Fuzz’s mission; Science Education and Peace. The color white was chosen for Scientia quod Pacis to symbolize that not even the sky is the limit. The red outer ring, the blue inside ring and the white font represent the colors of the United States of America flag and is dedicated to all our U.S. Astronauts, active, retired and the once who have lost their life in the name of Space Exploration.

The star on the left is for Fuzz and signifies the night time peace and our children of the future, while the dawning Sun on the right is spreading its light across Earth during day time and represents Camilla and the NASA SDO education and mission.

Similarly to NASA’s Space Shuttle mission (STS, which stands for Shuttle Transport System) the RASB choose the abbreviation BTS for Balloon Transport System. Since the upcoming launch will be RASB first, BTS-1 has been assigned.

Information about the AstroMascot Crew:

	Fuzz Aldrin joins Miles the Traveling Bear as a touring ambassador of Bears on Patrol. While Miles is raising awareness on a personal level by meeting people, Fuzz is taking a global approach, joining forces with Camilla Corona SDO to promote science education and peace for our children.

Bears on Patrol seeks to make traumatic situations bearable for children by providing free teddy bears for police officers to give to children they encounter on calls.

For more information:

Fuzz Aldrin

http://www.bearsonpatrol.org/space

Bears on Patrol

http://www.bearsonpatrol.org/

	Camilla Corona SDO is the EP/O (Education and Public Outreach) mission mascot for NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Camilla’s role is to help with informing students, teachers, parents, and anyone interested about the Sun, Space Weather and its impact on life on Earth (and Space). Camilla’s dream is to visit her best friend Little SDO in Space.

Little SDO is NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and is designed to help us understand the Sun’s influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time and in many wavelengths simultaneously.

For more information:

Camilla Corona SDO

http://solar-center.stanford.edu/camilla/

NASA SDO

http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/