Bridgewater Scientist Watches Early Morning Shuttle Launch

And he will use the data received from the launch to fuel his own work.

At 6 p.m. Aug. 29, Bridgewater resident Andy Gerrard and his fellow professors and graduate students at the New Jersey Institute of Technology gathered for an early dinner before heading back to the school offices and working until the wee hours of the morning—and at 4 a.m. Aug. 30, they all watched NASA’s launch from Cape Canaveral of the twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission. “It was very exciting, very scary,” Gerrard said of watching the launch. “In the back of your head you always wonder if something will go horribly wrong and that there would have to be a termination of the rocket/spacecraft. You never admit it or talk about it, however, even though you know everyone else is thinking the same thing.” “The entire two weeks …

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Patrol to Launch Shuttles at North Branch Park

The Civil Air Patrol will be saluting the NASA Space Shuttles.

Sometimes there's just not enough days in the week, but every Wednesday we'll give you an idea of something to do to relax, spend time with family and just take some time for yourself. And this weekend's event is completely out of this world. The Civil Air Patrol will be saluting the Space Shuttle with a special event at North Branch Park Saturday, as the members take shuttles they have built to model those created by NASA and launch them, all in one day. The program will begin with the first launch at 10 a.m. as members of the Lone Eagle and Curtiss Wright Composite Squadrons launch five replica Space Shuttle model rockets a total of 135 times for each of the 135 actual shuttle launches. They will all be launched that day, from 10 a.m. to…

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