March 28th – Afternoon about Supper Time. It has been a full day formate students. The middle school team, had their first mission on the Endeavor. There was no viewing possible for their mission but their group leader took pictures that we will get on Friday. The high school team has been in the scuba tank. The high school team has their first shuttle mission is this evening at 7:30.

I will try to upload pictures this evening when I have a better internet connection

Well is is about 9:45 pm and it has been a long day for the students.  It started early at about 8 am with wake up.  I uploaded the schedules for both teams in an earlier post.  I was able to touch base with both teams off an on through the day.  The middle school teams looks good and is apparently functioning well.  They had their first mission this afternoon on the Shuttle Endeavor.  I was not able to view this in that this shuttle simulator is housed in a separate building with no viewing options for chaperones.  I met with the team at their supper an they said that they survived the mission and were able to hit the last button before it was to late and were able to land the shuttle and complete the mission.  Tomorrow the middle school team will complete their mission in the main building and I will be able to view and video record all the various aspects of the mission from mission control, the shuttle cockpit, and the space/science components.

The high school team had a really full day.  They had their scuba period this afternoon and students were in the tank.  I was able to grab some stills (see above) and some video which I will work to put up at least 1 segment tomorrow.

After dinner this evening, the high school team faced a rough mission.  It started late, and they were one position down.  They students in mission control, the shuttle cockpit, the EVA mission launch and finally the science bay.  The mission got off to a rocky start, but the students held on through the full hour their mission lasted.  I will try to debrief them tomorrow when I next see them to see how they felt about it.  It was not an easy mission, but they did not give up on it and I believe the completed it successfully. I will add more when I find out who had which positions.

Tomorrow is another long day with both teams having missions to complete.  I will continue to touch base with the students as I am allowed.

More Pics from today.