A rocket launches successfully Aug. 3 as the final summer Starbase Kelly academy ends at the 433rd Airlift Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Three summer camps were held this year for Team Lackland 10- and 11-year olds. The academy includes aircraft tours, scientific experiments, rocket building and launching, computer flight simulation and teamwork and goal-setting exercises. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Maricela Garcia, daughter of civilian employee Cristina Garcia, and Tyler Davis, son of Tech. Sgt. John T. Davis II with the 37th Medical Group, check out the cockpit of an F-16 Falcon. Juan Villarreal, assistant director of Starbase Kelly, briefed the academy students on the aircraft Aug. 1, just days before the end of the five-day camp on the basics of aerospace science. Starbase Kelly is conducted at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (USAF photo by Sid Luna)

Maricela Garcia, 11, prepares to launch a rocket Aug. 3 that she made during the last Starbase Kelly academy held this summer at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The five-day educational program has been sponsored since 1995 by the 433rd Airlift Wing. Maricela is the daughter of civilian employee Cristina Garcia. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Ten-year-old Savannah Olsen, left, daughter of Staff Sgt. John Olsen, 319th Training Squadron, and 11-year-old Shelby Dicks, daughter of Staff Sgt. John Dicks, 322nd TRS, experience piloting a Cessna 182 Aug. 3 at the 433rd Airlift Wing thanks to a computer flight simulator. They were among 75 Team Lackland 10- and 11-year-olds who attended Starbase Kelly five-day academies this summer at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Jenkins from the 149th Fighter Wing instructs Trey Soule, son of Lt. Col. Laura Soule, 37th Security Forces Squadron commander at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on how a gravity suit helps counteract the effects of G-forces during certain flying maneuvers. The demonstration was among several activities Starbase Kelly participants experienced during a weeklong summer camp that ended Aug. 3. (USAF photo by Sid Luna)