Wednesday, April 22, 2009

NASA in Austin

NASA came to Austin for a field day in March and brought a bunch of their toys to play with! This too took place on the UT campus

There were lots of staff on hand at the booths to answer every question asked. They were able to touch and feel just about everything. Including a rock brought back from the moon.

They had experiments with gravity....








The kids were able to try out different experiments like trying to used the tools with several layers of gloves on. As if you were doing a repair during a spacewalk.




Not even NASA is prepared for this type of meltdown.





They built alkaseltzer rockets...






... and even got to pose w/ a person in a faux space suit.







This was probably one of their favorites. If you can stick your head in it and have a picture taken. We always have to stop.













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