Davis Creek Elementary fifth grade students
stayed after school on December 5, 2001
to watch the NASA TV broadcast of the Endeavor
launch. The boardcast was transmitted over the Internet. Endeavor
is carrying six aluminum mirrors ground and polished by Davis Creek Elementary
students last spring. The mirrors are part of a satellite that will
be deployed from Endeavor's cargo #3 bay on December 15, 2001 at 10:10AM.
The students will use the Heavens-Above
web site maintained by Chris Peat to find out when their satellite will
be in orbit over the Barboursville, West Virginia area. The students
will carefully note the time, direction, and latitude and longitude of
StarShine II and report their findings to Dr. Gil Moore, director of the
StarShine
Project. We will be watching to cheer on StarShine II as we watch
the deployment on NASA TV on December 15, 2001 at 10:10AM.
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