Ms. Karen Higgs

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This summer I was one out of 280 teachers world wide lucky enough to be chosen to attend Space Camp in Huntsville Alabama. It was there I trained as many of the astronauts do and participated in simulations of the Discovery and the Endeavor shuttle missions. I was entertained by stories from astronaut Story Musgrave who is responsible for the success of the Hubble telescope, and by the author of the novel Rocket Boys, Homer Hickum. I created rockets and watched them shoot into the humid skies and was fascinated by the power of a simple piece of aluminum foil when it comes to thermal protection. It was a week packed full of fun and was extremely informative. I look forward to taking some of what I learned and sharing that with the students as we pay heed to to NASA's movement toward Mars.

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