Parkland’s Space Shuttle Blake Ready for Kennedy Space Center

Schnecksville Elementary students and teachers hold farewell ceremony.

Schnecksville Elementary students, teachers and administrators held a farewell ceremony for the school's Space Shuttle Blake on Thursday afternoon. Blake will be transported to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida next week via a donated Mack truck to attend the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on Friday, April 29. Blake is a 4/10-scale replica of the Space Shuttle on the exterior and a state-of-the-art classroom inside. The brainchild of Schnecksville art and science teacher Bob Boehmer, the Blake has ground-to-space communication capabilities, a space shuttle flight simulator, 12 networked multimedia computers, and other hands-on learning centers. The Parkland School District students sent the following message to the crew of the …

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