2011 NASA Student Symposium

Kennedy Space Center, Presentation, Astronaut Samuel Durrance, and Ron Jon's Surf Shop...

It was a beautiful day to visit the Kennedy Space Center. We toured KSC and made several stops:

The Shuttle Endeavour sits on the Launch Pad 39A waiting for a launch date/time, covered by the work/access platform.

We made a stop in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)...

and the countdown-clock,

and the media area.

We enjoyed our visit to the Apollo/Saturn V Center.

Alex and John stand below a Saturn V rocket... the type used during the Apollo program.

After our tour, John and Alex make the presentation for our Robotics Club. They really did a terrific job and received many complements for the work of the team and their presentation.

At dinner this evening, we treated to a presentation by Dr. Samuel Durrance. He was a Mission Specialist on STS-35 and STS-67.

After dinner, we made the 20 minute walk up the beach to Ron Jon's Surf Shop.

Tomorrow, we will spend the morning in the KSC Visitors Complex. In the afternoon, we will participate in a "Career Panel" event, which includes many employees of NASA in a wide variety of careers. Our group will be participating from 1:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. This event will be webcast at http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/nes2/home/chat-index.html.