Project ASTRO/Family ASTRO Press Release Photos

girl in suit
kids with model comet
making a comet

A San Francisco Bay Area student models a spacesuit for her fellow Project ASTRO classmates.
Courtesy of Mike Smithwick.

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Fifth grade students at Washington Elementary School in Edison, New Jersey, unveil their own model comet. This photo, taken by their teacher, Sharon Russell-Fowler, won the 2003 ASTRO Photo Contest Grand Prize.
Courtesy of Sharon Russell-Fowler.

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Model comet building is a popular ASTRO activity.
Courtesy of Mike Smithwick.

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teachers with model comet
Seeing in the Dark activity
Suzanne Chippindale and daughter

Project ASTRO teachers build their own model comets with the help of renowned astronomer Debra Fischer (upper right).
Courtesy of Project ASTRO.

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Maria Acuña helps Spanish speaking families with Family ASTRO's Viendo en la Oscuridad ("Seeing in the Dark").
Photo credit: Dan Zevin

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Suzanne Chippindale, ASP Education Manager, and her daughter Kjersti test a new activity for the new Family ASTRO program.
Photo courtesy of Project ASTRO.

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Fraknoi and Schatz
 

Project ASTRO founder and director Andrew Fraknoi (left) and master activity developer Dennis Schatz (right) of the Pacific Science Center, Seattle, WA.
Courtesy of Michael Bennett.

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Project ASTRO founder and director Andrew Fraknoi.
Courtesy of Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

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