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mounted configuration [[strikethrough]]in the Shuttle's flight [[book?]][[/strikethrough]] for the first two flights (Figure 2). The video camera will be located in the payload bay. Commands will be transmitted from the pilot schools, through the Gateway, to the Shuttle, and data will be transmitted in real time [[strikethrough]]during the mission[[/strikethrough]] to the Data System and will be available during and after the mission on the Internet. Six districts located across the country will participate in the pilot phase. We anticipate that KidSat will then move forward to the Space Station phase in which a more capable set of remote sensing instructions will be employed to allow participation by children and teachers around the country. 

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[[center]]SUMMARY[[/center]] 

  KidSat gives young people a piece of the space program. It acknowledges their value as young explorers and citizens of the future. KidSat is designed to capture the imagination of students and motivate them to learn by engaging them in an exciting, hands-on project that contributes materially to their education. 

[[center]]ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS[[/center]] 

  The KidSat project has developed over the past several years with support from many students, teachers, engineers and scientists. We acknowledge this support as well as that of NASA and NSF for the pilot project. This work was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory under contract to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and at The John Hopkins University under contract to the National Science Foundation. Significant support was also provided by the California Space Institute. 

REFERENCES 

[1] Ride, S. and T. O'Shaughnessy, [[underline]]The Third Planet, Exploring the Earth from Space.[[/underline]] Crown Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1994.

[2] Way, J.B., B. Holt, M. Schier, V. Connors, L. Godwin, T. Jones, A. Campbell, F. Dean, T. Garrett, H. Hartley, A. Moshiashwili, J. Woodring, E. Cooper, E. Mortenson, D. Ouellette, R. Parrott, M. Rivas, Earth Observations for the Space Radar Laboratory Mission: Report on the Student Challenge Awards Project. Geocarto International, 9, 61-80, 1994. 

[3] Nicholson, J., Students with a Mission, NASA Puts "Can Do" Project in Orbit. National Geographic, 186, 54-69, 1994.