Sobek Has Launched!

  The name of this term was Rocket science. Throughout this term we were able to learn about the history of space exploration. The class got to go to the Adler Planetarium where we found inspiration for our rockets, what were were exploring through space exploration. We got to visit the Museum of Science and Industry where we explored aerodynamics by looking at the transpiration gallery that the museum had.  We were able to explore the different people and their diverse minds who were able to help throughout these different space missions. We were able to look into interior designers like, Galina Balashova, Katherine Johnson, who was a female African American mathematician in her field, and the list goes on. Throughout this term, we created our own fire rockets, looked into aerodynamics, and at the end we created our own water rockets. At the end, for our final action project we were given a budget of $1,000,000 where we could create our own water rockets. We came into this project with experience because before this we were working with other mini-missions that our teacher created foe us where we explored pitch,yaw,and roll which is important in aerodynamics, we tried out different mathematical equations like a parabolic formula, etc. These are my overall results of the water rocket launch!

                   

In conclusion, I become fascinated by the different fields that made up NASA. NASA has made it more and more possible to explore space and has connected all of us even throughout the hard times. Times of the Cold War we still managed to be together even throughout the space race.