We went to pick
up Ashley from Huntsville, AL. She was at Space
Camp for 6 days. |
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This is the
building where she stayed. It is called "Habitat 1". |
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The graduation ceremony
was held in the Davidson
building. This is where a Saturn V rocket is hanging from
the ceiling. |
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Krista is
standing under a Saturn V rocket. We were early getting to the
graduation so we looked around outside for awhile. |
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The presenter
for Ashley's graduation was Bob
"Hoot" Gibson. He has been on five shuttle
missions. He has also been on the Russian MIR space station and
"So You Think You Are Smarter Than a 5th Grader." |
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Ashley
received her certificate and a hand shake from the
former astronaut. He then removed her name tag from her flight
suit and reapplied it right side up. When she received her
flight suit, she was told to leave her name upside down and that
it could only be worn right side up after she graduated. |
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A very proud
moment for Ashley. |
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After the
graduation was finished we were reunited with Ashley. She is
standing next to a model of the Saturn V rocket while standing
under a real one. |
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She learned a
lot at Space Camp and told us about the Ares V rocket and its
mission. |
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This is the Apollo
16 command module. |
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The Saturn V
rocket hanging from the ceiling. |
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Krista missed
her sister very much. They held hands for the longest time.
Ashley says she was never homesick. She loved it and enjoyed
herself and wants to go back again. |
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Dad took a ride
on the Space Shot ride. 4G's of acceleration. |
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This is the
MASTIF. Ashley says it stands for Multi-Axis Space-Test Inertia Facility.
She was strapped into this chair and it flipped around. She says
it felt like you were going to fall out. |
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This is the
space shuttle simulator where her team performed two different
missions. She was assigned as Mission Specialist 1 and she
performed an EVA. An EVA is an Extra-Vehicular Activity.
Here is Ashley's description: We built ACCES which is a
structure built in space. I was in charge of struts. I was in a
5 degrees of freedom chair. It was fun being in that chair. I
attached the struts to the nodes while I was in the chair. The
purpose of the mission was to safely land the orbiter and
build ACCES. Our team was successful and we won an award for
best mission. |
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