Yesterday, the UASEDS Microgravity team got to visit Space Center Houston. On the NASA tram tour, the team members got to see many attractions that the center has to offer.
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| Panorama view of the Saturn V (pronounced Saturn "five") |
This is the Saturn V Rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built and operated. Its design played a major role in successfully transporting and landing American astronauts on the moon during the Apollo missions.
This Saturn V is one of only three left in existence. It is over 36 stories tall, and it remains the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status. To date, the Saturn V is the only launch vehicle to transport human beings beyond low Earth orbit!
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| Historic Mission Control |
This is Historic Mission control. This is the facility where NASA monitored nine Gemini, and all Apollo missions, including the historic Apollo 11 trip to the moon. In fact, from this room the NASA team exercised full mission control of Apollo 11 from launch and liftoff at the Kennedy Space Center to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Did you know? There’s more technology in a modern watch than there was in this room in 1969!
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| Astronaut Memorial Grove |
This is the Astronaut Memorial Grove. The grove consists of live oaks and shumard red oaks planted in honor of astronauts who have died. Seven oaks were added to the stand of trees following the loss of the Columbia crew on February 1, 2003.
Today, two team members got to fly on the Zero-G Aircraft with the experiment. Stay tuned for more on their experience!
