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there can be no doubt that education is

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the keystone to our future around the

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nation educational partnerships are

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being established with the private

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sector to more fully impact the

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educational community at the same time

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educators have come to realize that the

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topic of space serves as a catalyst to

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inspire young people to take many

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different subjects they are most often

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science and mathematics several

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organizations use the topic of space as

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their central theme for example there's

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the young astronaut foundation in

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Washington DC the United States Space

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Camp in Huntsville Alabama and even the

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4-h is incorporating the space theme

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into some of their educational programs

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the most recent student educator

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space-related organization to come into

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being is the Challenger Center for space

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science education through Challenger

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centers endeavors the aims and

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intentions of the Challenger 51 l crew

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continues thanks to the efforts of the

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family members challenger Center is

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establishing a network of challenger

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learning centers throughout the United

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States Chuck Resnick one of the founding

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family members tells us about the origin

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of the Challenger Center the Challenger

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Center was an idea that came about from

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the families of the Challenger crew

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after the Challenger accident there were

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a number of people who were interested

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in helping us in any way they could

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there was a tremendous outpouring of

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emotion and support from all over the

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country and a lot of people wanted to

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continue the mission in some way they

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wanted to show their support for the

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Challenger crew and the families decided

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that the most appropriate way was to try

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to continue the educational portion of

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the mission because all of the

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astronauts were educators and teachers

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in their own way including Christa and

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so we came up with an idea of trying to

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give back to the country some of the

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support that they had shown us by

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creating an educational process that

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children all over the country could use

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and that's

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the idea of the Challenger Center was

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developed the Challenger Center

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educational programs are built around

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simulations to generate excitement in

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the hard sciences as well as mathematics

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the need for interest in these fields is

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very clear there has been a steady

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decline in science and math learning

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while at the same time technological

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advances are creating numerous jobs in

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related fields for which there is the

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potential that someday there will not be

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enough qualified individuals to fill all

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of the vacancies the Challenger Learning

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Center's attempt to create an atmosphere

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that will inspire young people to want

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to learn to tell us about some of the

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Challenger Learning Center

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accomplishments is Doug king president

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of the Challenger Center for space

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science education I think the

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accomplishments already are an

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incredible tribute to the family members

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that founded this and the educators and

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board members that they have gathered

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together as a team we've had over 6,000

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students go through the prototype

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facility down in Houston we've had just

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the beginnings of student population

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coming through this facility here in

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Prince George's County but more

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importantly they've laid the groundwork

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for a national network of learning

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facilities that will reach 50,000

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teachers and half a million students a

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year by 1992 the Challenger Learning

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Centres form a network these centers

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simulate future space flights with a

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space station simulator in one room and

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Mission Control on earth and another

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these simulated space flights provide

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students and educators with hands-on

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experience with a variety of science

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math and problem-solving task which will

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vary depending on the mission the crew

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is on currently there are two missions

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return to the moon and rendezvous with

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comet Halley in 2060 one additional

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future mission scenarios are being

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planned during their flight the students

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must solve problems their solution

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depends upon cooperation and teamwork

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and the use of critical thinking skills

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once back at school

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the students use the data that they

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collected during their flight to tie the

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mission together the Challenger centers

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first learning center was opened at the

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Houston Museum of Natural Science in

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August of 1988 throughout the country a

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number of challenger learning centers

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are in the process of opening this

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national network of learning facilities

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will be linked together by a flagship

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facility in Washington DC that facility

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will provide teacher training and

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research and development and an

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opportunity to link the mission sites

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into national and even international

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simulations the ultimate goal of the

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Challenger Center is to be a network

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that is certainly nationwide and perhaps

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worldwide as far as facilities for

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children and teachers to utilize not

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only that there will be curriculum that

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can be disseminated throughout all of

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and perhaps in other countries as well

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so that even those children and teachers

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who cannot visit our facilities will

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still have some of the educational

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materials that have been developed

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through the Challenger Center in order

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to continue the interest that children

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have in areas of space science and other

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types of technology a challenge a

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learning center is made up of a space

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station and Mission Control in the space

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station there are eight different

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modules to carry out the various tasks

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required to complete the mission

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students work in teams during the

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mission everyone's and participates in

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the simulation is very important to the

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success of the mission during each

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mission the students will work in both

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Mission Control and the space station

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there is the medical station here tasks

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are completed to determine the health of

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the crew in the life-support station the

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space stations environment is monitored

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to ensure good air and water quality

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chamber materials are handled outside of

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use of robotics at the biosphere station

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tella operations are used to operate

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robots in a greenhouse these plants can

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be used as a source of food some tasks

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students might study moon rocks are

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that will be used to gather data about

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comet halley or the moon the navigation

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select the best landing site on the moon

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simcom and the space station and capcom

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and Mission Control work together to

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ensure all messages are delivered and

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questions are answered Mission Control

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flight by providing needed information

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to answer the cruise questions or

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concerns during the mission in addition

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video conferences teacher workshops

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flagship facility in Washington DC the

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Challenger Center is a continuation of

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the mission of the Challenger crew and

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it's a way of acknowledging the the fact

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that they gave their lives for a worthy

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cause that they were explorers that they

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were educators that they were all

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seeking to learn in their own way and if

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through the facilities of the Challenger

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Center we can instill some of those same

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characteristics in children around the