space camp

Astronaut Springer,










My home away from home











The view from my dorm room














Well, I made it here to Huntsville AL home of Space Camp. It has been an interesting 2 days so far. I have meet some great people and had some wonderful experiences already! It has been tremendous. I have so many ideas to bring back to the classroom and we still have 3 days left! Today we got to meet and listen to Astronaut Springer http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/springer-rc.html

He was on to Shuttle missions see details below.

STS-29 Discovery (March 13-18, 1989) was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. During 80 orbits of the earth on this highly successful five day mission, the crew deployed a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, and performed numerous secondary experiments, including a Space Station -heat pipe" radiator experiment, two student experiments, a protein crystal growth experiment, and a chromosome and plant cell division experiment. In addition, the crew took over 4,000 photographs of the earth using several types of cameras, including the IMAX 70 mm movie camera. Mission duration was 119 hours and concluded with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

STS-38 Atlantis (November 15-20, 1990) was launched at night from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. During the five-day mission the crew conducted Department of Defense operations. After 80 orbits of the earth, in the first Shuttle recovery in Florida since 1985, Space Shuttle Atlantis and her crew landed back at Kennedy Space Center. In completing his second mission, Bob logged over 237 hours in space.

This was the highlight of our day today. Today was a short day from 8:00 AM til 7:30 PM tomorrow we start at 7:00 AM and do not return to the dorms until 9:30 PM. I wouldn't trade this experience for anything.

I'm attaching a few pics but will have to do some more when I get home.