Wallops Rocketry Academy for Teachers and Students

20 June 2017

Michelle Hymowitz spent a week at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility learning about rocketry, building and launching model rockets, and watching an actual Sounding Rocket launch.

Joyce Winterton addressing WRATS participants.
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One of the Wallops workers assisting Michelle Hymowitz with building her rocket payload.
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Various WRATS participants ...
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... working on creating circuts ...
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... from their Arduinos ...
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... to each instrument ...
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... on their payloads.
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Phil Eberspeaker is giving some demonstrations ...
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... to explain Newton's Three Laws of Motion.
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... explaining how and why a rocket moves.
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Some mathematical equations dealing with rocket movement.
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One of Phil Eberspeaker's demonstrations with a bag filled with water.
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One of Phil Eberspeaker's contraptions to help measure rockets
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Michelle measures out a hexagonal parachute.
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Dave looking at possible parachute shapes.
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Laura and Debbie looking at possible parachute shapes.
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Taylah connecting her two rocket body parts together.
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Michelle thinking about her measurements for her rocket's parachute.
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Heather and Bill determining the shape of their parachutes.
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Phil Eberspeaker giving Kal advice on his parachute.
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Linda helping Michelle tie string through her parachute corners.
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Various participants running with their parachutes.
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Various WRATS participants spray-painting their rockets outside.
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Kal's final product.
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William's finished rocket.
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Michelle's green and purple rocket.
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Dave's multi-striped rocket.
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Amy's silver, purple, and blue rocket.
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Jeffry looking at all of the painted rockets.
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The rockets had to be left to dry overnight.
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