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MARS ROVER SCIENTISTS VISIT CHAMLIAN STUDENTS
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Monday, November 19th, 2012
Standing from left to right: JPL Engineers Serjik Zadourian,
Richard Kalantar Ohanian, Arbi Karapetian, Ted Iskenderian, Anahid
Kazarians, Alfred Khashaki, Armen Toorian, and Chamlian Principal
Vazken Madenlian.
GLENDALE-Chamlian Armenian School's 4th to 8th grade students had
the unique opportunity to participate in an assembly on November 5
about NASA's Mars Exploration Program, the Mars Science Laboratory
project and the "Curiosity" Rover.
The assembly was presented by several Armenian engineers and scientists
who worked on the project, including Arbi V. Karapetian, the technical
group supervisor for the Integration and Test Engineering Group at
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
After the group assembly, 7th and 8th grade students broke out into
small groups, each led by a JPL scientist. During the interactive
break-out sessions, students got a close-up look of the "Curiosity"
model, with some even trying on the "bunny suits" - the everyday
outerwear of the rover scientists during the seven years they
assembled Curiosity at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Caņada
Flintridge. "Imagine working like this for 12 hours a day," Karapetian
said.
"They asked so many really good questions and they were so enthusiastic
about space," said Ted Iskenderian, who has worked on various projects
at JPL for the past 28 years. "To be with kids, it reminded me of
how I felt when I was their age."
Arbi V. Karapetian, the technical group supervisor for the Integration
and Test Engineering Group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Pasadena shows students a part of the "bunny suit"
The school administration is grateful to Karapetian and the Mars
Science Laboratory team members for their visit and for providing
Chamlian students with an invaluable learning experience.
asbarez
Monday, November 19th, 2012
Standing from left to right: JPL Engineers Serjik Zadourian,
Richard Kalantar Ohanian, Arbi Karapetian, Ted Iskenderian, Anahid
Kazarians, Alfred Khashaki, Armen Toorian, and Chamlian Principal
Vazken Madenlian.
GLENDALE-Chamlian Armenian School's 4th to 8th grade students had
the unique opportunity to participate in an assembly on November 5
about NASA's Mars Exploration Program, the Mars Science Laboratory
project and the "Curiosity" Rover.
The assembly was presented by several Armenian engineers and scientists
who worked on the project, including Arbi V. Karapetian, the technical
group supervisor for the Integration and Test Engineering Group at
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
After the group assembly, 7th and 8th grade students broke out into
small groups, each led by a JPL scientist. During the interactive
break-out sessions, students got a close-up look of the "Curiosity"
model, with some even trying on the "bunny suits" - the everyday
outerwear of the rover scientists during the seven years they
assembled Curiosity at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Caņada
Flintridge. "Imagine working like this for 12 hours a day," Karapetian
said.
"They asked so many really good questions and they were so enthusiastic
about space," said Ted Iskenderian, who has worked on various projects
at JPL for the past 28 years. "To be with kids, it reminded me of
how I felt when I was their age."
Arbi V. Karapetian, the technical group supervisor for the Integration
and Test Engineering Group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Pasadena shows students a part of the "bunny suit"
The school administration is grateful to Karapetian and the Mars
Science Laboratory team members for their visit and for providing
Chamlian students with an invaluable learning experience.