Day 1: Monday

Our first order of business was orientation. This is where they indroduced the program and the things we would be studying as well and introducing us to our leaders and teammates. I was on Team Exploration and our fearless leaders were Janice and Nicole. After orientation we headed outside for some team building. We were a fun group - if I do say so myself.

Shuttle Orientation
In this lecture we learned about all of the parts of the Space Shuttles. WOW!! I didn't know something could have so many acronyms and abbreviations. The link below shows all the parts.

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/system/system_STS.html

We also learned about the timeline of the launches and after. It was amazing to see the countdown and how detailed each second is. This link will show you all about prelaunch, launch, and landing.

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/launch/index.html

Mission Overview

During our Mission Overview Training we were taught all the different roles and responsibilites that are involved with the space shuttle launches. Once again, it was amazing to see just how many people it takes to get these missions accomplished. After the overview, we wrote down our position choices for the missions that we would later participate in. I want to walk in space!

Mission Patch:

We learned about the importance and meanings of the mission patches. We then, as a team, designed our own mission patch to represent our group and our goals for the week. Ours was an apple because we were all teachers. The spaceship with the stars leading to the school house represent the knowledge we are gaining at Space Camp that we will bring home to our school. The spyglass represents our group name, Exploration.