Monday, 30 November 2009

KS2 Astronaut Training Camp - Mission Set!

 Wow!  The team of astronauts came together last Thursday and researched the missions past for the space shuttle and international space station.  I was impressed at how quickly they worked together and decided, not only on what their own mission would be centred around, but which jobs each astronaut would step into.

As it stands, we have.
 3 mission specialists (Brazil, Canada, Japan) - each planning a space walk to study Black Holes.
1 mission specialist (Italy) - planning a space walk and continuing research into the Moon.
Mission Commander (Germany) - continuing research on 'Astronaut Technology'
Pilot (Finland)

Some of our astronaut team was ill and we will be catching up with them this week.  Each astronaut has been researching mission patches used by the Space Shuttle and are working on their own design that will reflect their combined mission.  We will post the design once it is complete.

Our family night and ISS charter has been postponed to December 10th to allow all astronauts time to prepare and ensure the patches are complete.

Cheers,
Mrs. T

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