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For high schools in Baltimore-Washington area.

Innovate Our World http://www.innovateourworld.org/projects.html

Want your high school involved in planning a cutting edge space mission? Innovate Our World is looking for two Baltimore-Washington area high schools who want to make plans to rediscover space history – the Apollo lunar landings - and potentially make new history. Nearly 40 years since the last time humans have walked on the Moon, the Apollo Rediscovery Mission project seeks to make these landing sites and their history more accessible to people on Earth. Working with lunar scientists, aerospace engineers, and other space professionals, teams will plan and design a mission to send a payload to an Apollo landing site with the goal of increasing public awareness of space history and exploration. Teams will work closely with a company planning its own lunar landing mission on aspects of payload intergation and operation

Teams will meet weekly during the school year. During Fall 2010, students will learn about the Moon, telescopes, and space history; form a project team; and perform mission conceptual planning to choose a specific mission to pursue. Optional learning activities will be held at the Glenelg Country School observatory in Ellicott City, MD. After the holiday break, student teams will perform mission planning and payload design/prototyping culminating with a presentation to a group of project sponsors, including space industry professionals with lunar mission experience. Schools interested in participating in this project for the 2010-11 academic year can make inquires to Ron McCandless, Director, STEM Programs at ron@innovateourworld.org.