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Space Camp @ Hightower Trail 2014-01-17

17 January, 2014 (17:25) | Events, Outreach | By: tramakers

Eight CEA members went to Hightower Trail Elementary to help celebrate the school’s 10th anniversary of the program and to show the students what Astronomy is about. 9 Telescopes on the playground allowed the kids to see some real beauties of the night sky including Jupiter and its Jovian moons. Inside they learned about Mars and its moons and the effect of gravity. In addition they got an update on NASA/JPL’s MSL/Curiosity mission. A very successful event. Congratulations Hightower for repeating this program every year!. A noteworthy note: Some of the students participating in the early program, did have the opportunity to interview one of the International Space Station’s crews in an uplink a few years ago, and some of Rockdale’s teachers were chosen to participate in a 0-G flight with their gravity science project.