Cislunar Aerospace, in partnership with The Franklin Institute Science Museum, is pleased to present "Wright Again," a project that celebrates the work and achievements of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

Made possible by generous support from the National Business Aviation Association, and in collaboration with the the High Performance Computing, Education, and Research Center (HPCERC) at the University of New Mexico and NASA Ames Research Center's Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, "Wright Again" invites elementary, middle, and high school students to follow the technical development of the first successful powered airplane—the 1903 Wright Flyer. "Wright Again" is now available on the Internet at www.wrightagain.com for all students and teachers to access. Starting with Wilbur Wright's first documented interest in powered flight on May 30, 1899, "Wright Again" follows the brothers' successes and setbacks on the path to the first flight on December 17, 1903.

Although many Wright Brothers websites exist, the content is typically historical in nature. "Wright Again" is unique—the project virtually re-creates the development and construction of the Wright Flyer on the Web. The project follows the progress of the Wrights day by day, explaining the successes and setbacks from a scientific perspective as well as historical. Issues include aerodynamics, propulsion, control, and structural design. As the project moves along the developmental timeline, new discoveries are presented with accompanying hands-on classroom activities so that students can themselves become amateur engineers. All classroom activities are aligned with the National Science Education Standards. Project participants will use the original experimental data from the Wrights' wind tunnel journals in our lesson plans!

In addition to the Web site, other project highlights include:

• Original and never-before-on-display Wright artifacts from the Wright Brothers Aeronautical Engineering Collection showcased at The Franklin Institute Science Museum. Among the artifacts are original journals, wind tunnel equipment, and the actual airfoils (wing shapes) tested by Wilbur and Orville in 1901.
• Wright Flight Festivals at The Franklin Institute. These day-long celebrations will include activities and presentations for the entire family and will be held in March 2003 and December 2003.
• Cislunar and NASA engineers' tests of scale models of the Wrights' early flying machines in modern wind tunnels. An original Wright 1901 airfoil will also be tested. These tests will teach students about lift and drag on an airplane.
• Supercomputer simulations created by Cislunar engineers of the 1903 Wright Flyer and 1901 airfoils. Engineers will attempt to re-create the "missing airfoils." Using data for unknown wing shapes contained in the Wrights' logs, engineers will try to determine what the wings looked like.

All of the Wright Again materials are free to educators! Want to build a replica of the Wrights' toy helicopter? Looking for a history lesson on "Success, Failure, and Perseverance?" What was "wing warping" and how did it help the Wrights to achieve powered flight? Visit "Wright Again" for the resources you need!

"Wright Again" hopes to register a minimum of 10,000 educators (representing a minimum of 250,000 students) who will actively participate in the project.