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Aerospace Engineering!

In-Person Program
2026-10-17 14:00:00 2026-10-17 15:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Aerospace Engineering! Aerospace engineering involves designing and developing aircraft and rockets. Learn about NASA engineer Mary Golda Ross. Then design your own paper rocket and test how gravity and other forces affect its trajectory. For ages 5 - 12 with a caregiver. Hawthorne Library - Meeting Room

Saturday, October 17
2:00pm - 3:00pm

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Hawthorne Library

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Aerospace engineering involves designing and developing aircraft and rockets. Learn about NASA engineer Mary Golda Ross. Then design your own paper rocket and test how gravity and other forces affect its trajectory. For ages 5 - 12 with a caregiver.

AGE GROUP: | Children |

EVENT TYPE: | STEAM | Arts, Crafts, & Hobbies |

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Phone: 310.679.8193
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The library was founded in 1913 and moved to its present location in 1962. The facility was remodeled in 1978. The Friends of the Hawthorne Libraries started in 1979. The library serves a 5.99 square mile area.

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Meeting Room
Aerospace engineering involves designing and developing aircraft and rockets. Learn about NASA engineer Mary Golda Ross. Then design your own paper rocket and test how gravity and other forces affect its trajectory. For ages 5 - 12 with a caregiver.
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