Lindbergh Students Explore Outer Space

More than 60 fifth-graders in the Lindbergh Schools LEAP program for gifted students ended their year with an out-of-this-world experience at Space Camp.

Lindbergh director of commmunity relations reports tat, each year, students spend the school year studying space and aeronautics, then blast off for a weeklong trip to the U.S. Rocket and Aviation Center in Huntsville, Ala.

Upon arrival, students were placed on teams and worked together all week studying space exploration and preparing for two simulated missions aboard the International Space Station. They experienced weightlessness in the 1/6th gravity chair, climbed a Mars wall, took a spin in the multi-axis trainer and operated a manned maneuvering unit. The students also listened to retired astronaut Story Musgrave speak at their camp graduation.

In addition, fifth-grader Emma Deutschmann of Long Elementary School received the camp’s highest award – The Right Stuff Award – which is given to a student who goes above and beyond in leadership, teamwork and technology.