[assistivenews] FW: [abcu] Fw: [nfbcs] NFB Rocket Launch Available via Web cast

"Wiley, Bob" <Bob.Wiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Fri, 6 Aug 2004 07:29:57 -0500

Just passing this information on for those who might be interested.

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Bob Wiley
Assistive Technology Specialist
Assistive Technology Unit
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Subject: [abcu] Fw: [nfbcs] NFB Rocket Launch Available via Web cast

FYI.

Subject: [nfbcs] NFB Rocket Launch Available via Web cast

>
> >
> >NFB/NASA Rocket Launch to be Web Cast
> >
> >During the week of August 15-21, 2004, the National Federation of the
Blind
> >(NFB) in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
> >(NASA) will host the first ever Rocket On Science Camp for blind
youth.
> >
> >During the week, NASA engineers and blind instructors from the NFB=20
> >will present workshops at the NFB Jernigan Institute on the history=20
> >of rocketry, basic rocket physics, and basic electronics.  In=20
> >addition, the students will learn basic rocket trajectory planning,=20
> >build electronic circuits for the sensors they will fly, and practice

> >pad operations for the rocket they will launch August 19 from NASA's=20
> >Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va.
> >
> >Reporting for duty at 5 a.m., August 19, the students will begin the=20
> >countdown procedures towards a 7 a.m. EDT launch of the 10 and a half
foot
> >rocket.  The launch window is 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
> >
> >Video and audio of the launch will be web cast live on the internet=20
> >beginning at 6:15 a.m. EDT, on August 19, at:
> >http://www.wff.nasa.gov/webcast
> >
> >This historic moment for blind youth in science will help all of us
imagine
> >a future full of opportunities through the NFB Jernigan Institute and

> >The NASA vision for space exploration.
>
>
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