"A true journey of discovery lies not in seeking new shores but in finding new eyes." ~ Marcel Proust
Today our team, Kibo, was charged with creating a mission patch. Each NASA mission designs their own patch. They are often symbolic of the participating astronauts and mission purpose. Thanks to the artistic talents of team member Franklin from Costa Rica, our patch looks great! We worked in teams to experiment with thermal protection and learned about the history of early space flight with Ed Buckbee before we were off to train for our second mission on Endeavor. This time I am in mission control - one stressful place! We toured the Davidson Center Museum filled with many artifacts including space capsules,rockets and even the vehicle that the astronauts lived in while they were quarantined after returning to Earth from the moon. It looked suspiciously like the bookmobile that used to come to my neighborhood when I was a child. Today we made and launched bottle rockets. I cannot believe how high they went - it was great fun! Later in the day we played with some toys in space and after dinner we began working on our rockets which we will launch tomorrow. Again a very exhilarating but tiring day. My plastic mattress is calling my name...
Today our team, Kibo, was charged with creating a mission patch. Each NASA mission designs their own patch. They are often symbolic of the participating astronauts and mission purpose. Thanks to the artistic talents of team member Franklin from Costa Rica, our patch looks great! We worked in teams to experiment with thermal protection and learned about the history of early space flight with Ed Buckbee before we were off to train for our second mission on Endeavor. This time I am in mission control - one stressful place! We toured the Davidson Center Museum filled with many artifacts including space capsules,rockets and even the vehicle that the astronauts lived in while they were quarantined after returning to Earth from the moon. It looked suspiciously like the bookmobile that used to come to my neighborhood when I was a child. Today we made and launched bottle rockets. I cannot believe how high they went - it was great fun! Later in the day we played with some toys in space and after dinner we began working on our rockets which we will launch tomorrow. Again a very exhilarating but tiring day. My plastic mattress is calling my name...
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