American Dynasty

Hello Space EdVenturers! This is another of those wonderful posts gleaned from my first Space Center blog.  This post comes from June 13, 2000.  It is a report on the third overnight camp of the summer season for that year. This was the date of the first telling of the Galileo story Maximus among other things. Enjoy this trip down memory lane.... Mr. W. Hello Voyagers! OV3 just ended and this is my final report. By the way, the reason i'm doing these reports is to have some kind of history of the  Space Center. Up to this point there has been no written history of the Center or of the people that have worked here. These  postings will provide the basis of a future history of the Center to go with the School's history section in the library plus also give  you the chance to keep updated on happenings. The flight got off to a very late start. Traffic problems from SLC for several of the group. Other than that pretty normal. Highlights of the flight: 1. Thi...

Phoenix Squad Earns Top Squad for Round Two in this Year's Long Duration Mission Yesterday I had to pleasure of awarding Top Squad to the Phoenix Squadron for round 2 of the 8 mission which make up this school year's Long Duration Mission.  Several members of the winning squad were in attendance at the monthly Voyager's Club meeting held yesterday at Renaissance Academy in Lehi.  Let's just say they made some noise over the announcement.    Round Two's total points were:    Phoenix Squad:  51.63 Prometheus Squad:  46.19 Nautilus Squad:  46.13 Scorpio Squad:  45.38 Kraken Squad:  40.88 The Phoenix Squad at the end of their Round Two mission with coaches Jay and Brittney Zeddy was the captain for this round.  His leadership was one of many reasons the team succeeded. Affan was the team's choice for MVP.  He manned the Damage Control Station and blew through the damage reports getting equipment repaired i...