STS-1 Photo Album
The
STS-1 Space Team was the pioneering effort of the Russell Space
Center. It was this group of young people who conceived the original
idea for a space simulation and then followed it through to reality
through months of hard unprecedented work. At Russell we lovingly
refer to this group as the "Neil Armstrongs" of the Russell Space
Center for obvious reasons. They laid the groundwork for a legacy
that others are eager to follow.
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Launch:
April 23, 1998 10:40 EDT
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Landing:
April 24, 1998 12:50 EDT
Time in Simulator:
27 hours 30 minutes
Honors and Recognition:
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Mayoral
Proclamation by the Honorable Max Bacon, who attended the launch.
This was a public ceremony conducted at the Smyrna City Council
Meeting for the entire Russell Space Team.
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Two
articles published in the Marietta Daily Journal about the mission.
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Article
published in the Lockheed Star corporate newspaper.
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Recognition
on WGNX-Atlanta News
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Featured
in the 5th Grade Harcourt-Brace Social Studies textbook
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Letters
of recognition from US Representatives Newt Gingrich and Bob
Barr, Governor Zell Miller, and State School Superintendent
Linda Schrenko.
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Attendees
included: Mayor Max Bacon of Smyrna, Georgia, Dr. Richard Benjamin,
Cobb County Schools Superintendent, Dr. Earl Holliday, Cobb
County Schools Assistant Superintendent, Cynthia Arterbery,
Pete Robertson, Tricia Mingledorff, and Cybil Parr, Cobb County
Schools Elementary School Coordinators, Mr. Danny Fleming, State
Department of Education, and Dr. Teresa Plenge, Cobb County
Board of Education
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Farewell Message to STS-1
In early January 1998, you set
out to complete a mission that had almost no precedent. From the
beginning you recognized the challenges that you would encounter
and relied almost entirely on your own long hours of research,
teamwork, creativity, and often just pure gut instincts. For five
months you dedicated yourselves and sacrificed to make STS-1 a
reality.
I could go on and on about the individual and team successes,
but I’ll suffice it to say that you have blazed a trail for future
Russell students to follow that sets standards and expectations
that are higher than ever. Those things that you accomplished
will continue to make an impact at Russell for a long time to
come. You are the Space Pioneers.
Congratulations on a job well done!
God bless you all,
Chris Laster
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