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Aviation Camp Topic

Air & Space

Build and launch model rockets-new designs for 2012!

Entering Grades 1-5
Full Day Only-Special $20 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, build a working refractor telescope, take the controls of a space shuttle training aircraft in the flight simulators and much 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
  • And Much, Much More!
Program Dates:
    Session 3 June 18th-June 22nd
    Session 6 July 9th-July 13th
    Session 9 July 30th-August 3rd
    Session 12 August 20th-August 24th
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