Summer 2012 - Trip to NASA

I was really looking forward to taking Luke to NASA this summer.  He is so interested in anything science-related, and thanks to his science teacher, he is really interested in space. 

The rest of the family left Montgomery on Monday, and Jason went to Atlanta for a conference, so Luke and I were on our own.  We went to NASA on Tuesday.  It was about 2 hours from our condo, through yucky Houston traffic.  Luke was a really good sport in the car.

Luke recognized this space robot right away from one of his books about robots.

We went on a tram tour to Mission Control and Rocket Park.  Thankfully, I bought the $1 ponchos before the tour began.  When we came out of Mission Control, it was POURING.

We went into the building that houses the Saturn 5 rocket in pouring rain, and the rain did not let up.  We trudged through 5 inches of rain to get back to the tram, and it took several hours to dry out completely.

 After we got back from the tour, we rode in the flight simulator.  I was the pilot and Luke was the gunner, but Luke kept reaching across and taking the stick from me to make us do barrel rolls and go upside down!  I was nearly sick after that, but he laughed and laughed the entire time.

We left NASA around 4:00, drove home, and had pizza for dinner (for the 2nd night in a row!).  It was a great day, and I loved sharing it with Luke.

The next day, we were supposed to go to the pool...but it rained more!  We stayed in and played inside, made crafts, and watched movies.  Luke built a spaceship out of bottles, cans, cereal boxes, and anything he could find and use!