Cambodian-American couple are NASA rocket scietists
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Cambodian-American couple are NASA rocket scietists
The bird-chirp alarm in Ny Sou Okon’s Pasadena home went off at 4 a.m. Thursday morning, July 30, signaling to her 8-year-old and 4-year-old sons that it was time to wake up.
The day had come.
The boys climbed out of bed and met their parents in the living room. Okon’s older son still squinted at the light.
The family sat on the sofa and tuned into YouTube Live on the television above their fireplace. They set up a laptop on the coffee table, where Okon and her husband logged into a digital viewing party.
Together, the Okon family — along with nearly 2 million others across the country and the world — watched a livestream of the launch of the Perseverance rover, headed for Mars from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
An announcer narrated the countdown.
“8, 7, 6, 5 … “
A thin trail of steam seeped out of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on which the rover was perched.
“4, engine ignition, 2, 1, 0.”.......
https://www.presstelegram.com/2020/08/0 ... severance/
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