Our homework was to find out:
How many divisions of NASA there are, what they are, and where they are located. Then, we also had to find what ESA stands for, where it is located, and which countries are involved in it.
The answers to our homework were:
There are 15 divisions on NASA (including NASA headquarters). They are:
(Division- Location)
NASA headquarters- Washington DC
Marshall- AL
Ames- CA
Goddard- MD
Johnson- TX
Kennedy- FL
JPL- CA
Langley- VA
Glenn- OH
Dryden- CA
White Sands- NM
Stennis- MS
Wallaps- VA
IV & V Facility- WV
Plum Brook- OH
Second, we went over our homework for the next three weeks.
1. We had a APOD due Tuesday at 8:00. (We can send Ms. D a rough draft on Monday)
2. For Thursday, we have a Ted Talk due, on anybody presenting astronomy related topics.
3. And due Friday, we have our last blog comment due.
For the other two weeks, you can click here and you will be able to see what our homework is.
After that, we talked more about the "super moon" (below),
an
d then we watched a video about how the MESSENGER entered Mercury's orbit, and how scientists are making it get into Mercury's orbit.If you click here you will be able to see a few photos, and captions of the MESSENGER around Mercury.
We also watched a video about the moon, were it spoke about apogees and perigees.
An apogee is when the moon is farther away from the Earth, and a perigee is when the moon is closer to the Earth.
We drew a diagram which explained all that. Since I cannot draw the diagram, here is a picture that explains what they are in a simple way.
And that is all that we covered in class on Friday.
The next scribe
is Sophie. :D
