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Would You like to travel to Outer Space?
How would we get there? What is it like? Well get ready because today we are taking a trip to NASA Headquarters in Cape Canaveral, Florida to visit the Kennedy Space Station!! **Not only will we visit outer space but we’ll look at many of the projects here on earth NASA is involved with
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Student Itinerary: We will depart JFK Airport in New York City
at 10:10 am and arrive in Cape Canaveral at 12:35pm From there we will be transported via bus to the Kennedy Space Station At the Space Station we will visit 5 departments: Shuttle and Stations Moon and Mars Solar System and Satellites Aeronautics Technology A FEW QUICK REMINDERS: Florida is quite warm this time of year so make sure you pack accordingly. The meteorologist is predicting a 30% chance of rain so make sure to bring you rain gear.
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THE 5 DEPARTMENTS OF NASA:
**Hint: Try clicking on one of the images to visit the dept 1 2 3 4 5 Click here anytime to return to this page
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MOON AND MARS *The Moon is the only natural satellite in the solar system *The Moon is the 5th largest Satellite Checkout the view of the Earth and Moon 2001 view of mars *Mars is often described as the “Red Planet” *It is the 4th planet from the sun Click here for more info on moon and mars
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MOON AND MARS Look! Flight Simulation **click to play APOLLO LUNAR
ROVER VIDEO **click to play Click here to return to dept page
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SHUTTLE AND STATION **In 1969, Apollo 11 landed the first humans on Earth's Moon **The International Space Station completed in-orbit in 1998 Buzz Aldrin Standing on the moon Click here for more info on shuttles and station
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TRAVEL TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION!
SHUTTLE AND STATION TRAVEL TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION! WATCH A LIVE SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH **click to play Click here to return to dept page
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SOLAR SYSTEM The Solar System consists of the sun and 13 planets
The 4 smaller inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars The 4 outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune The remaining 5 are Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris Click here to return to dept page
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**NASA is much more than space and flight.
TECHNOLOGY **NASA is much more than space and flight. In fact, did you know Michael Phelps competed in the Olympics wearing a swim suit designed by NASA?? *Meteorology *Weather Reports *Hurricanes Full Body lzr suits used to improve hydrodynamics in swimming Click here for to find out how NASA effects NASCAR Click here for the NASA Technology assignment
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TECHNOLOGY Assignment:
Find at least 3 other designs/products invented by NASA How have the 3 designs/products improved our way of life? Make a prediction of a future technology that has not evolved yet.. Click here to return to dept page
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Click here for more info
AERONAUTICS Flight Theory: Bernoulli’s principle Airfoil section Three axes of flight Four forces on flight Click here for more info on Aeronautics
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AERONAUTICS FLIGHT SIMULATORS! **click to play UNMANNED AIRCRAFTS!
Click here to return to dept page Click here to Leave Kennedy
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Thank You for visiting the Johnson Space Center!
Don’t forget to come back again!!
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Resources: Dick, Ron. Aviation Century: The Early Years. 2003
Chant, Christopher. A Century of Triumph: The History of Aviation Grant, R.G. Flight: 100 Years of Aviation. 2007 McCormick, Barnes W. Aerodynamics, Aeronautics, and Flight Mechanics, 2nd Edition. 1994 Vander, Robert & Winter, Frank. 100 Years of Flight: A Chronicle of Aerospace History. 2003 How Stuff works. NASA. Wikipedia. Wikipedia.
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