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School and NASA

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Raul Yzaguirre School For Success (RYSS) - NASA International Space Station (ISS) Photographs of Earth II [2012-2013]  RYSS College Prep Academy students (grades 6 - 8 ) requested photographs of Earth from the NASA International Space Station via the EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students) mission program. They identified the locations on Earth via various orbital paths for the onboard camera to take their photographs.  The program is a NASA educational outreach program enabling students, teachers and the public to learn about Earth from the unique perspective of space. During EarthKAM missions (periods the EarthKAM camera is operational), middle school students around the world request photos of specific locations on Earth. Latitude (shown as a horizontal line) is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point north or south of the Equator. Lines of latitude are often referred to as parallels.  Longitude (shown as a vertical line) is the
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Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [RYSS] - NASA Special Field Trip [December 16, 2010]

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Tom R. Chambers and his students toured the Apollo Era Mission Operations Control Room at the Johnson Space Center in 2010. This tour was before t he restoration project, which was conceived in 2013, began in November 2018 and completed in July 2019. The control room was restored to its Apollo-Era condition, and features the authentic consoles used to monitor nine Gemini missions, all Apollo Moon missions, and 21 space shuttle missions. This includes the Apollo 11 flight that first landed men on the moon, the Apollo 13 mission that famously experienced an in-flight emergency, and 40 other space missions. Apollo Flight Controller 101: Every console explained | Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (nasa.gov)
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Street Photography and Documentary Portraiture Workshop II (2021)

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Tom R. Chambers taught an all-day street photography and documentary portraiture workshop at  Precision Camera (Education Center) , Austin, Texas, October 9, 2021. He covered the  history of street photography, discussed Masters' photographs and his photographs , and discussed the street environment and documentation concepts/strategies . The participants made photographs on the streets of Austin based on classroom discussion, and then returned to Precision Camera to critique and select their images for an exhibition titled,  "On the Streets of Austin II (Reflections)"  held at  Artworks Gallery   in the city, January 8 - February 12, 2022.  Chambers states, "For a first-time approach on the streets of Austin, the participants did very well. Street photography is not an easy genre, if you take into account that it requires the introduction of the human element as it relates to: environment, evaluation/assessment, activity (movement), timing (“decisive moment”), juxta
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