On Saturday, November 6, 2010, two teams of students
with the help of Ms. Hsiao, Ms. Annaswamy, Mr. Kurup,
and Mr. Zinolabedini spent a day at NASA Glenn
competing in the Young Astronaut Day engineering
challenges. The Pilots, composed of Prathna K, Grace
X, Grace C, Ammar M, Haley Y, Vinny K, Alexis H,
Caroline V, Darius Z, Anna H, and Michael T earned a
first place in the Balloon Car Race and the Marble Roller
Coaster events. They earned a third place ribbon for the
In-space Repair.
The Commander Team was composed of Jorgen K,
Hannah Y, Kavya R, Naomi W, Katelyn V, Sunny R, Sue
R, Sachi G, Dhweeja D, Dalya A, Clive C, and Kareem
T. They earned a second place ribbon in an event called
Lunar Rock Race. One person had (got) to wear a real
astronaut suit and pick up certain categories of rocks
with an extended reach tool. They picked up the greatest
number of “correct” rocks in the shortest amount of time.
This is the second year that YAD students were involved
in a community service activity in which they brought a
designated kind of canned food and used the cans to build
a structure resembling a “Robonaut”. The canned food was
then donated to the Cleveland Food Bank.
