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B lack H istory M Page A 8 o n th .W s p e c ia l February II. 2004 a x e r a i. Mars Missions Make -211.'', African- American History 1 1 I - r‘fTiwrtBn----- ■0 '• '% W » iiiis®»-' - lu Dr. Ashiety Trebi-Ollennu, a senior member o f the engineering s ta ffa i NASA and a member o f the spacecraft engineering team, explains how he is using images and data from the Spirit Rover. PHOTOS COURTESY NASA/JPL W hile M ars rovers Spirit and Shonte W right, a therm al sys tunity to dem onstrate kn o w l O p portunity are exp lo rin g the tem s eng in eer, designed some edge, but to learn m ore about surface o f the Red Planet, a team o f the heaters that allow the science and en gineering as it o f scien tists including several rov ers to survive and operate applies to space ex p lo ra tio n ,” A frican-A m erican eng in eers is on the surface o f M ars. she said. tra c k in g th e ir m issio n from “T his project has provided Dr. A sh itey T rebi-O llennu home. all o f us with not only an o p p o r w orks w ith N A S A ’s R obotics Shonte Wright is one o f several African-American engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif, working on the Mars Exploration Rover Mission. elude, Kobie Boykins, a mechani- cal engineer who was on the team that designed and tested the so- lar panels that give pow er to the rovers, and Dr. Edward Tunstel, a senior robotics engineers and a m em ber o f the team responsible for navigating the rovers. Jeff Grads Appear on National TV The entire nation has witnessed 1,400 dancers. He continues to some successful Jefferson High pursue his dance education and School graduates on stage and on career with different professional basketball courts in recent days. dance com panies on the East Jont6 Moaning ( ‘01) danced with C oast. Janet Jackson during halftime of "Jonte has been able to move the Super Bowl. Aaron M ile sfO l), into such success because of the Michael Lee (‘01), Brandon Lincoln g reat train ing he received at (02), and Thomas Gardner ( ‘03) Jefferson,"said his mother Louise appeared in nationally televised Moaning. college basketball games. Basketball players MilesandLee M oaning earned his place to are playing at the University of dance with Jackson in an open Kansas, Lincoln at the University audition that attracted more than of Oregon, and Gardner at the Uni- versity o f Missouri. “We are proud of these alums and the hundreds o f others who have graduated from Jefferson r e c e n tly . T h e y sh o w e d up, worked hard and had fun here so they were well prepared to follow their dreams and become produc tive members o f our society. And w e’re proud o f the faculty and staff who guided these young people through their high school years,” said Jefferson Principal Larry D. Dashiell. Saluting & Supporting Black History Month Meeting the Affordable Housing Needs o f the Community' Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives, Inc. 4829 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Portland, OR 97211 (503) 288-2923 Dan Schuster and Nancy Goering (from left), coaches and engineers for the Ockley Green Dragon Masters, are joined by team members Abner Bastida, 7th grade; Trinidad Alvarez; high school mentor; Ruben Francisco, 8ih grade; David Child, coach and engineer; Claudia Alvarez, 8th grade; and Ner Bastida, 7th grade. Dragon Master Timothy Ong o f the 8th grade is not pictured. North Portland School Explores Mars When N A SA 's Spirit rover reached out with its robotic arm and examined a patch of Martian soil with a microscope, some of Oregon’s brightest and most ad venturous students did almost the same thing. Students from Ockley Green Middle School, 6031 N. Montana, and others competed in their tasks with a simulated Martian land- scape in the gym at Liberty High School in Hillsboro with a LEGO robot they designed and bui It them selves. Seventy-seven teams from Or egon, Southwest Washington and Northwest California participated in the tournament. The students’ LEGO robot rover simulated travel in Gusev Crater on the Martian surface to compete for points based on the number of mis sions completed. 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