WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — July 20 marks the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and in theme with the day, teenagers at the Museum of Aviation's Space and Innovation Center took their own trip to space at the Museum of Aviation.
For the past two weeks, the museum's NASA-sponsored summer camp has taught kids in grades 9 through 12 everything space in its Mars-based program.
The IMEET (Innovative Mars Exploration Education and Technology) camp gave 12 teens the opportunity to program, code, and build their own rover.
"I've always been into STEM and engineering, and it just seemed really, really cool to work with astronauts," says 10th grader Alissa Ward.
Campers also got hands-on advice from an aerospace engineer from Georgia Tech. The camp was especially helpful for kids who want to be engineers after high school.
"I'm hoping that this camp helps me get into Georgia Tech or Mercer because I would like to be a cancer researcher and engineer physician," says Ward.
The camp wrapped up with an awards ceremony and a final drive with the campers' rovers.