NASA Astro Camps®

​​On June 14th and 15th, we hosted our annual NASA Astro Camps® in collaboration with NASA and The Clueless #11212, a local FTC robotics team. At these camps, we had two special guest speakers: Ms. Michelle Beiser, Deputy Program Manager for NASA’s Rocket Propulsion Test Program, who talked about her role in designing and testing rockets for the Artemis missions, and Dr. Prabha Sumdaravadivel, Director of NASA’s Computer Engineering Research Laboratory, who described her research in artificial intelligence, on-device learning, and bio-inspired soft robotics, along with her development of cyber-physical systems.

In addition to learning about NASA’s most recent projects and programs, participants created mission patches, categorized rocks like NASA scientists, and built their own mini-satellite. They also constructed their own aerodynamic rocket cars and built a functioning robotic arm out of cardboard!

We hope to see you at our upcoming workshop in September!