Posted by Laurie Sullivan at 11/23/2013
Last weekend in Orlando I attended the workshop Red Planet: Read, Write, Explore with teachers across the United States and Mexico. Following the workshop many of the participants went to Kennedy Space Center to view the launch of the MAVEN spacecraft to Mars. What an experience! The rocket launch was perfect! I also met two NASA folks who will be coming to work with students at Barrett. I returned full of excitement and numerous lessons to share with our students. 
About an hour before the launch 
It was fun to see a family from Barrett in the Saturn V Building at the Kennedy Space Center 
Posing in front of the orbiter Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Visitor Center 
My car was the last car to leave the public parking lot at the Kennedy Space Visitor Center. It was a lovely warm evening. 
MAVEN Deputy Project Manager Sandra Cauffman was an inspirational speaker at the teacher workshop and also the following day in the huge IMAX theater at Kennedy Space Visitor Center Below is the Animoto music video I made from photos taken at the workshop.http://animoto.com/play/9c2fuHe5WGTMEGBOpZyMlQ
