Wednesday Recap

Another great day during our Outta This World week! We began the day learning a little bit about the history of NASA and creating our own Mission Badges. We discovered how NASA astronaut's go about creating their mission badges. There are over 135 NASA Mission Badges!

Next, the campers learned about Newton's 3rd law: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. To better understand this vital law used in rocketry, the campers made balloon rockets and then launched them to the stars! (Well, my ceiling to be more precise, but who's judging...we used our imaginations!). Check out our video of the balloon rocket launch, filmed by two of our campers!

Balloon Rocket Launch

We ended the day planning and constructing our Orion mission projects. Campers were designing and building model rockets, a space suit, a rover and a tent for Mars. They will continue this work on Thursday. To make the work a little easier, the campers enjoyed watching "Horton Hears a Who" in the background as they cut, taped and stapled tissue paper and tinfoil to their projects.