NASA News
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
John C. Stennis Space Center
(228) 688-3341 Sept. 23, 2004 NASA Public Affairs Office FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
MBO-04-090
(228) 688-3341
STENNISPHERE’S ASTRO CAMP SATURDAY
PLANS ‘MISSION TO MARS’
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. – StenniSphere’s next Astro Camp Saturday, themed “Mission to Mars,” blasts off Oct. 16, 2004. This session of the popular space camp will take future astronauts and rocket scientists ages 9-12 on an adventure to the Red Planet. Astro Camp Saturday Mission to Mars is a one-day mission in which campers learn about Mars, how astronauts will travel there, what the planet’s environment is like and how people will create an environment in which to live and work. A highlight will be building and launching a rocket. The camp takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at StenniSphere, the visitor center at NASA Stennis Space Center, America’s largest rocket test complex. The cost for this camp is $50 per child, which includes supplies. Campers blast off for their missions from the Launch Pad, located at the Hancock County Welcome Center, I-10, Exit 2. Space is limited to the first 30 applicants. To register or for more information, call 1-800-237-1821 or (228) 688-2370 or visit /centers/ssc and click on the Astro Camp Saturday link.
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News releases provided by NASA’s Stennis Space Center are available at https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ssc/news/newsreleases/2004. For more information, call the NASA Public Affairs Office at Stennis at 1-800-237-1821 in Mississippi and Louisiana only, or (228) 688-3341.
2004 News Releases