{"id":7805,"date":"2014-05-15T11:04:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T15:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7805"},"modified":"2014-05-15T11:04:53","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T15:04:53","slug":"the-russell-space-team-shuttle-simulations-for-grade-school-astronauts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7805","title":{"rendered":"The Russell Space Team shuttle simulations for grade school astronauts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/russellroadrunners.typepad.com\/space\/\" target=\"_d\">Russell Space Team<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666666;\">Russell Elementary School in Smyrna, GA\u00a0is an\u00a0award winning program in which\u00a04th &amp; 5th graders carry out\u00a0elaborate Space Shuttle mission simulations. They use their\u00a0shuttle\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/russellroadrunners.typepad.com\/photos\/russell_space_center_intr\/index.html\" target=\"_d\">Intrepid Simulator<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/russellroadrunners.typepad.com\/photos\/russell_space_center_miss\/index.html\" target=\"_d\">Mission Control<\/a>. They have been carrying out\u00a0the day long\u00a0simulations since the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/russellspaceteam\" target=\"_d\">Russell Space Team YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0shows reports from their missions, including a 27 hour sim from this month.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Laster is the force behind the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/russellroadrunners.typepad.com\/space\/\" target=\"_d\">Russell Space Team<\/a>\u00a0and he was on the Space Show this week to\u00a0describe the program and how it came about:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thespaceshow.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/14\/chris-laster-tuesday-5-13-14\/\" target=\"_d\">Chris Laster, Tuesday, 5-13-14 &#8211;\u00a0Thespaceshow&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7805-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/archived.thespaceshow.com\/shows\/2242-BWB-2014-05-13.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/archived.thespaceshow.com\/shows\/2242-BWB-2014-05-13.mp3\">http:\/\/archived.thespaceshow.com\/shows\/2242-BWB-2014-05-13.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>A couple of Russell Space Team videos:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EQVZ2ScCSSU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z2h82Gdk2nw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Russell Space Team\u00a0at\u00a0Russell Elementary School in Smyrna, GA\u00a0is an\u00a0award winning program in which\u00a04th &amp; 5th graders carry out\u00a0elaborate Space Shuttle mission simulations. They use their\u00a0shuttle\u00a0Intrepid Simulator\u00a0and a\u00a0Mission Control. They have been carrying out\u00a0the day long\u00a0simulations since the 1990s. Their\u00a0Russell Space Team YouTube channel\u00a0shows reports from their missions, including a 27 hour sim from this month. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7805\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Russell Space Team shuttle simulations for grade school astronauts<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,40,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-simulators","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-21T","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7784,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7784","url_meta":{"origin":7805,"position":0},"title":"The Space Show this week","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The guests and topics for The Space Show this week: 1. 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