NASA Inventor shares his stories with our third grade inventors!

Mr. Dale Denais and Daniels Third Grade Extension Group, sharing his inventions he designed for NASA

Daniels third grade extension group was privileged to have Dale Denais, a retired NASA mechanical engineer/project manager/inventor, take time to share his inventions and stories with us!   He brought with him his Hand Held Maneuvering Unit (HHMU) which allowed astronauts to propell forward or backwards during their spacewalks.  Ed White was one astronaut he worked with closely in using this invention.  You can also find this invention in the Smithsonian Institute and at the Johnson Space Center. Another invention was a telephoto lens that he redesigned to be a range finder to help measure the distance between the U.S. Apollo and the Russian Soyuz when they planned a space dock together.  Denais was also involved with inventing a camera that could with stand the extreme temperature of the  moon.  The camera was one of the cameras used to document the first walk on the moon.  Mr. Denais explained the value of team work to get projects completed, in addition, he was a part of the team that worked to assist in the Apollo 13 solutions.  (His camera was also on board that mission).He was involved in many different projects from the Apollo to the Space shuttle.