Rockets - SpaceShipOne into Space
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Upper Cape Tech High School, Bourne · 9:00AM - 3:00PM
Upper Cape Tech High School, Bourne · 9:00AM - 3:00PM
Grades 5 - 8
SpaceShipOne became the first privately funded aircraft to exceed Mach 2 and Mach 3 and first privately funded manned spacecraft to fly over 100km in altitude (62 miles). On October 4, 2004 SpaceShipOne flew into space to win the competition and claim the Ansari X Prize.
After SpaceShipOne's successful record-breaking flights, the craft was donated to the National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian). Today it is displayed in the Milestones of Flight Gallery, which features some of the pioneering machines of aviation and space history.
Students spend a day learning about the record-breaking spacecraft, build your own SpaceShipOne model rocket, and launch it skyward!
STEM Skills: Math, Science, Engineering Design, Rocketry
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