Screen from Mission Control
Picture of StarShine II Before Loading on Endeavor
Davis Creek Elementary fifth grade students stayed after school on December 5, 2001 to watch the NASA TV broadcast of the Endeavor launch.  The boardcast was transmitted over the Internet.  Endeavor is carrying six aluminum mirrors ground and polished by Davis Creek Elementary students last spring.  The mirrors are part of a satellite that will be deployed from Endeavor's cargo #3 bay on December 16, 2001 at 10:02AM Eastern Standard Time.  The students will use the Heavens-Above web site maintained by Chris Peat to find out when their satellite will be in orbit over the Barboursville, West Virginia area.  The students will carefully note the time, direction, and latitude and longitude of StarShine II and report their findings to Dr. Gil Moore, director of the StarShine Project.  We watched to cheer on StarShine II as the deployment is broadcast on NASA TV on December 16, 2001 at 10:02AM. 
Spring 2001 Grinding and Polishing Aluminum Mirrors for StarShine II and III
These DC Students are now attending Barboursville Middle School
In the pictures above, Davis Creek Elementary fifth grade class watches as Mrs. Hamilton read the directions for grinding and polishing from the StarShine web site last spring, November 2000.  The pictures below show the DC students on December 5, 2001 staying after school to watch the Endeavor launch on NASA TV.
Simulated View of StarShine Satellite
StarShine II in #3 Cargo Bay on Endeavor Just Before Deployment

StarShine I Video Replay
Astronaunts Pushing the Lever to Release StarShine II from Endeavor's Cargo Bay at 10:02 EST 
The deployment of StarShine II went very smoothly and was extremely exciting to know that our efforts had helped put StarShine II in orbit.  We also helped this worthwhile science data collecting mission become a reality.


As StarShine II continues its orbit around earth for the next six months we will be watching from Davis Creek Elementary for its presence in our night sky.

Davis Creek Elementary fifth grade class keeps the extra mirrors from StarShine I and II in our Marscape box.  We have the DC Mars Red Rover robot that travels around in the Marscape with the directions given by drivers who have logged in over the Internet to our dedicated server:  daviscreek.cabe.k12.wv.us
If you have access to a Planetary Society's Red Rover site you can log on and drive our robot.  For information to purchase the Red Rover program log onto http://planetary.org
StarShine II Deployment 12/16/01
StarShine II & III
More Pictures of StarShine II & III
Davis Creek Elementary LEGO Site Map
Davis Creek Elementary StarShine I
StarShine I Model
Davis Creek Elementary
LEGO Links of Linda Hamilton
Project StarShine



 Created 12 / 16 / 2001
S. Simon