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Blind youths launch sounding rocket at NASA |
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2004 Archived News by Wallops Space Flight Facility
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Friday, August 27, 2004 |
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WALLOPS ISLAND, Virginia USA — Twelve blind youths have planned and conducted a successful launch of a ten and half foot sounding rocket from NASA's Wallops Space Flight Facility. The launch culminated the end of a weeklong rocket science camp experience for blind youth in the United States.
Click here for a short clip of the launch provided by NASA and made available online by Dr. Bernhard Beck-Winchatz http://analyzer.depaul.edu/bbeck/Rocket_On_Launch.mpg.
Student participants were: David Abraham, Albuquerque, N.M.; Tiffani Clements, Ramona, Calif.; Justin Harford, Chico, Calif.; Amy Herstein and Nikki Singh, Ellicott City, Md.; Justin Hodge, Bunker Hill, Ind.; Alysha Jeans, Wichita, Kan.; Meghan Joost, Chicago, Ill.; Daniel Ramirez, Bronx, N.Y.; Ryan Thomas, Tucson, Ariz.; Henry Wedler, Petaluma, Calif.; and Lindsay Yazzolino, Issaquah, Wash. |
