Thursday, June 12, 2014

Flight Week: Day 4-Flight Day 2

Mallory showing off her Boise State shirt under her flight suit
After yesterday's successful flight the team was looking forward to another great day of experimenting in the "Weightless Wonder." It was Jill, Janos, and Scott's turn to experience what Carl, Roxanne, and Tom had enjoyed the previous day. There was a bit of a delay in the morning, so the flight took off 45 minutes behind schedule. Time went by quickly and our flyers were back at Ellington Field before the ground crew had time to miss them. Look for Scott, Janos, and Jill's experiences from their flight on later blog posts.

Jill wasn't looking at the camera...
...but here she was giving us a big wave!
Ground Crew Flight Day 2

Tom with a message for his wife
After the team removed the apparatus from the plane and packed it into the car we turned in our badges and said our goodbyes to our NASA Mentor. He was so supportive through out this process and we are truly grateful for all he has done for the team. Thank you Tom!!
Go Astros!
The team came back to the hotel and took a dip in the pool before we began disassembling the apparatus. The RGO bought all the flight week participants tickets to the Houston Astros game against the Arizona Dimondbacks. Astros won in overtime 5-4!