On October 31, 2012, the Arcadia High School Advanced Robotics class visited the California Science Center for the opening of the new Space Shuttle Endeavour exhibit. The goal of the Advanced Robotics class involvement in Space Fest is to help showcase how NASA utilizes to teach STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics); how to start FIRST teams; and to attract new forms of contribution.
The class separated into three teams, based on the JPL Invention Challenge teams, and took up shifts for the booth. While one team manned a both, the other teams were able to view other booths set up by NASA that included exhibits on Orion, Mars Scientific Laboratory, SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, and the SLS rocket. The class brought a VEX Robots (VRC A-13 mk.1), a poster board, several posters, the 2008 Visualization Award trophy, along with several flyers on the FRC 867 team and the Engineering program that were passed out.
Apache News also sent a crew to film the event. You can see the the report by APN on next week's episode for Friday November 9.
All of the students had fun on the trip. Almost everyone got to see the space shuttle Endeavour, which is currently housed in a special temporary viewing area near the main building.
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