3 - 2 - 1 Blast Off! A local STEM organization, Science Club for Girls Rocket Program received support from the Cambridge Rotary Club to visit with women astrophysicists and engineers at the Center for Astrophysics at Observatory Hill.Four professional women engaged the middle school and high school students to think about future travel in space to remote planets and hear about the women’s college and career tracks. The final part of the visit was to the rooftop telescope and view the astronomical photographic plate stacks of 50- to 100-year-old images and learn about the Women Astronomical Computers who worked at the Harvard College Observatory. It was a fun and engaging morning!
The visit to Center for Astrophysics organized by Rotarian Natascha Finnerty.Also pictured are future rocket scientists and engineers touring the roof of the observatory.