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Mr. Yager's Space Design and Construction students spent Thursday February 12, 2004 visiting NASA-Ames Research Center to view the new Mars Center. This special tour included "interactive activities" involving the landing of rovers Opportunity and Spirit on the red planet.
Students and staff were then escorted to the historic Hangar One, shown below.
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The tour then moved to the Crew and Vehicle Systems Research Facility (Building #257) where students and staff were given an overview of the unique training simulators by Principal Investigator Terry Ragar.
The 80 X 120 Windtunnel was the final stop on this limited tour of Ames Research Center, a world class research facility. Here the students were provided with an overview of windtunnel operations and the contributions to MER landing operations on Mars.
Each Ralston Student received an attractive NASA-Ames Information, Science and Technology folder that contained;
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A sincere thank you to all principal investigators for making this extraordinary educational experience available to the Ralston students.
Special thanks to
Why Field trips to NASA-Ames?
"The greatest mission this agency has ever accepted is helping to open the mind of a child to unimagined possiblities."
-Sean O'Keefe, NASA Chief Executive-
Bryan Yager
