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About KidSat

KidSat is a powerful opportunity for middle school students to investigate Earth from the unique perspective of space.

With direct and exclusive access to their own camera on the space shuttle, students can conduct scientific inquiry in support of their middle school earth science studies. They

• pose their own questions for investigation,
• select and analyze images of the earth during shuttle flights, and
• utilize the tools of modern science (including computers and the Internet) to view and 
  learn from the images.

KidSat is a collaborative classroom venture, with the active participation of students, educators, engineers and scientists working together.

Funded by NASA, KidSat is developed and implemented by a collaboration among the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), Johns Hopkins University Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth (IAAY), and the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL).

The first launch of the KidSat camera was March, 1996 on the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-76). Three pilot schools took part in this mission. Your school will be one of approximately 40 participating in the third flight of the camera (STS-86).

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