Entering Grades 1-5
Full Day Only-Special $25 Field Trip Fee Applies
Launch a journey far beyond the atmosphere! Explore the science behind rocket propulsion while building a model rocket powered by a solid propellant motor. Travel to the launch site on launch day and complete the countdown to blast it to altitudes approaching 300 feet! Visit the USS Hornet, recovery ship for the first astronauts to walk on the Moon in 1969 and 1970. Observe the surface of a star, use and take home a working refractor telescope and identify stars and constellations in the Starlab planetarium. Command a space shuttle training aircraft in the flight simulators, experiment with real meteorites and tektites and more in this exciting exploration of the universe!
Air & Space Camp Includes:
Model Rocket Construction
Rocket Launch Field Trip
Visit to USS Hornet Museum
Introductory and Advanced Flight Simulation
Refracting Telescopes
Solar Glasses and Sunspot Observations
Flying Space Shuttle Gliders
Glowing Star Charts
Starlab Constellation Show
Meteorites and Tektites
Moon Phases and Sun-Moon-Earth Orrery
And Much, Much More!
Program Dates:
Session 3 : June 17th - June 21st
Session 7 : July 15th - July 19th
Session 10 : August 5th - August 9th
