aerospace virtual board 2008-2009

AEROSPACE EDUCATION VIRTUAL BOARD 2008-2009

78th. East Iowa Cadet Squadron

Major Aerospace Events

2009 September

On September 18 NASA announced that the STS-133 is expected to be the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program. The lunch is programmed for September 2010 and the pilot of the mission will be a former CAP cadet and current Senior member, Eric Boe.

CDR: Steven

PLT: Eric Boe --- CIVIL AIR PATROL

MS1: Benjamin Drew

MS2: Timothy Kopra

MS3: Michael Barratt

MS4: Nicole Stott



Source: NASA

July

APOLLO 11 - 40 YEARS OF HISTORY IN THE MAKING

June

The 78th East Iowa Cadet Squadron in route to the moon.

This month the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was launched on June 18, 2996 at 5:32 p.m. EDT aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has successfully entered orbit around the moon following a nearly five-day journey. Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., confirmed the spacecraft's lunar orbit insertion at 6:27 a.m. EDT on June 23.

Our squadron´s name is in a disk on-board the space ship as a symbolic promise of the future of our cadets and aerospace education program.

Click on the certificate to watch the launch.



May

Space Shuttle Mission: ST'S-125

The Space Shuttle completed one of the most complex missions ever, requiring astronauts to perform several space walks to repair the Hubble space teloscope.

STS-125 INFORMATION

April



Space station module name honors Apollo 11 anniversary

4/15/2009 - WASHINGTON, (AFPN) -- The International Space Station module formerly known as Node 3 has a new name. After more than a million online responses, the node will be called "Tranquility."

The name Tranquility was chosen from thousands of suggestions submitted by participants on NASA's Web site, www.nasa.gov. The "Help Name Node 3" poll asked people to vote for the module's name either by choosing one of four options listed by NASA officials or offering their own suggestion. Tranquility was one of the top 10 suggestions submitted by respondents to the poll, which ended March 20. Read more...

March

Wilbur Wright and his Flying Machine

You know the amazing story about the Wright brothers and their flying machine, but this is a film clip from Austrian archives showing the Wright Brothers demonstrating their plane in Italy in 1909.

What is fantastic is there was an on-board camera on the Wright plane and the last part of this film shows it. It's crystal clear. If you haven't seen it, you must see this important film. Wilbur Wright is at the controls on both of the flights. Note the turn and bank indicator in the airplane sequence. Check the video by selecting the picture below.



February

2009 is the International Year of Astronomy

The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is a global effort initiated by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and UNESCO to help the citizens of the world rediscover their place in the Universe through the day- and night-time sky, and thereby engage a personal sense of wonder and discovery.

Learn More about IYA2009 and reach the stars!

January

Check the CAP AE newsletter here

January AE Newsletter

USAF Seeks New Presidential Aircraft by 2017

The Air Force is looking for companies interested in developing the new Presidential Aircraft. This aircraft will be without a doubt a technological



marvel. Check the story by clicking on the Air Force One Picture.

International Space Station

The construction of the ISS is a major human achievement because the collaboration of different countries and the technologies used. It is a a major step in our quest for space travel. In this animation you will be able to see the progress and what they have built at the space station.

ISS Construction Animation

Gray Eagles

By Col. Waldorf

Turn up your sound! This is powerful and hard to get through it with dry eyes. This tribute to the Gray Eagles (WWII pilots) was in conjunction with an airshow in Ohio called 'The Final Roundup.' It was the last large gathering of the remaining P-51 Mustangs used during WWII. There were about 120 of the fighters, all of them in flying condition, of course. The flyover seen at the end of the video is composed entirely of P-51s forming the number 51. it was an event that will never be seen again.

P-51Mustang Tribute Video



2008

December

Apollo 8 - 40th Anniversary

On December 21, 1968, Apollo 8 blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida and three days later, Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders became the first humans to enter lunar orbit.

Source: NASA

Amateur Rocket Regulations

The FAA has released new rules governing amateur rocket flights, and the agency responded directly to AOPA's concerns about temporary flight restrictions (TFRs). In comments filed with the FAA last year, AOPA had asked the agency to clarify language in a proposed update of the rules to ensure that TFRs would not be used to segregate amateur rockets from



the national airspace system. In its final rule the FAA specifically noted that the only change is in the timeline for providing information to air traffic control, and not to notam requirements or TFR procedures

November

Civil Air Patrol Senior Member takes the controls of the Space Shuttle!

CAP Sr. Mbr. and Air Force Col. Eric A. Boe takes the controls of the Space Shuttle Endeavour during the STS-126 Mission.

A Georgia Wing Spaatz cadet who first soloed as a cadet, Boe's flight highlights a sterling career that has included fighter and test pilot experience in the Air Force.

Lear more about Col. Boe here.



Mission STS-126 Orbiter:Endeavour Mission:STS-126 Primary Payload: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Target Launch Date: Nov. 14 Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. EST Launch Pad:39A Mission Duration: 15 days Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles

Chandrayaan-1 Lunar Arrival

After two weeks of journey India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 entered the lunar orbit on Saturday (Nov. 08, 2008) evening. It started at 16:50 hrs IST and within 14 minutes, it the entered lunar orbit. It is now 504 km from Moon. ISRO says the most critical operation is successful. With this development, India's moon mission has been declared successful



October

Floor 234,456 please?

Maybe, NASA is working in a project that could built a "space elevator". According to NASA:

"A space elevator is essentially a long cable extending from our planet's surface into space with its center of mass at geostationary Earth orbit (GEO), 35,786 km in altitude. Electromagnetic vehicles traveling along the cable could serve as a mass transportation system for moving people, payloads, and power between Earth and space."

An audacious, yet outrageous idea indeed. Learn more by selecting the picture below.



Source: NASA headlines

Happy Birthday NASA!

The 78th East Iowa Cadet Squadron congratulates NASA for the first 50 years of space and aeronautic leadership and progress!! CAP will continue to plant the seed of curiosity, talent and leadership in our cadets as the future generations that will reach the stars.

"The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join it or not, and it is one of the greatest adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space…

We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for all people…

We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because the goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills..."

President John F. Kennedy Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort



September 12, 1962

Source: NASA

Visit the NASA 50th anniversary website here

Source: NASA

September 2008

SpaceX Falcon 1

On September 28th, the Falcon 1 made history as the first privately developed liquid fueled launch vehicle to achieve earth orbit.



Source: SpaceX

China first space walk

On September 27th, astronaut (taikonaut) and mission commander Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese astronaut to perform a sapece walk for just under 15 minutes from the Shenzhou VII spacecraft according to the live TV transmission.

There is talk about China going to the moon in the next decade.

Source: Spacedaily.com

Space rescue mission?



This month, two space shuttles will be ready to enter in action. The Atlantis will be launched on October 10 to repair the Hubble telescope. This mission is risky so the shuttle Endeavor was moved also to the space launch for a trip NASA hopes will never make: A RESCUE MISSION! After the Atlantis mission, the Endeavor will be launched on November on a mission to the ISS. The Hubble repair mission was postponed for later.

Photo NASA: The Endevor and Atlantis in the launch

positions August, 2008

BACK TO THE MOON: Ares V and I are the new generation of rockets that will take us back to the moon Commercial Space Flight: White KnightTwo



White KnightTwo will be the first stage carrying the SpaceShipTwo in the first commercial sub-orbital flight.

Meet the White Knigthtwo

July 2008

Air Force Association Grant!!!

The Air Force Association announced the 78th East Iowa Cadet Squadron as one of the twenty grants promoting aerospace education to hundreds of youth throughout the Civil Air Patrol squadrons. Congratulations!!!!

Read the Complete AFA Press Release

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008

Oshkosh is the most important aviation event of the year. The event is organized by the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) and brings 2,500 different show aircraft. Watch the video to know more about this aviation celebration!

OSHKOSH VIDEO

KEPLER Mission

Do you think that there are planets earth-like in other parts of our galaxy?



Join the 78th. in the search with the Kepler project!! Kepler will be the first NASA mission capable to find earth-size and smaller planets. Prepare for launch in February, 2009.

Apollo 11, first on the moon.

July 20th, 2008 is the anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. The Apollo program used the Saturn V rocket. The Saturn V Chief Architect was Dr. Wernher



von Braun.

June 2008

Model Rocketry

We have been working with the Civil Air Patrol Model Rocketry Guide. We will continue in the following weeks. You can access the materials in the Model Rocketry Guide Picture.

The 78th is going to the moon!!!



How? The project is known as Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). "Two satellites will be launched together aboard an ATLAS V rocket by November 23th. The mission is to find safe landing sites for the next moon landings, life sustaining elements, developing new technologies and understand the impact of radiation in humans that will someday inhabitat the moon" (Source: Nasa).

The 78th. will be there!!... at least in name for now, are you up to the space missions to come?

Tunguska Event

June 30 is the centenary of the Tunguska Event. Do you know what is it?

Is the most powerful natural explosion known in recent history, several times greater than the nuclear bomb dropped in Hiroshima, and occurred



in 1908 in Central Siberia. This incredible event is attributed to a "large space rock" WOW!!. The exact cause is still unknown... what do you think happened? Could this event happen again in a city?

Find out more about this extraordinary event!

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