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Innovative Educational Aerospace Research at the Northeast High School Space Research CenterNortheast High Magnet School of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a proud sponsor of the Space Research Center (SPARC). SPARC, a model program of the Medical, Engineering, and Aerospace Magnet school, provides talented students the capability to successfully exercise full simulations of NASA manned missions. These simulations included low-Earth Shuttle missions and Apollo lunar missions in the past, and will focus on a planetary mission to Mars this year. At the end of each scholastic year, a simulated mission, lasting between one and eight days, is performed involving 75 students as specialists in seven teams The groups are comprised of Flight Management, Spacecraft Communications (SatCom), Computer Networking, Spacecraft Design and Engineering, Electronics, Rocketry, Robotics, and Medical teams in either the mission operations center or onboard the spacecraft. Software development activities are also required in support of these simulations The objective of this paper is to present the accomplishments, technology innovations, interactions, and an overview of SPARC with an emphasis on how the program's educational activities parallel NASA mission support and how this education is preparing student for the space frontier.
Document ID
19970017229
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Luyet, Audra
(Northeast High School Philadelphia, PA United States)
Matarazzo, Anthony
(Northeast High School Philadelphia, PA United States)
Folta, David
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Date Acquired
September 8, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1997
Publication Information
Publication: Flight Mechanics Symposium 1997
Subject Category
Social Sciences (General)
Accession Number
97N19589
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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