From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Mon Apr 12 2004 - 07:35:01 PDT
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Subject: [lunar-update] SPACE DAY - May 6 2004
Good day,
I should think this would be a very good year to celebrate SPACE DAY. -
LRK -
Would do you think?
- LRK -
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http://www.spaceday.org/conmgmt/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=80&op=pa Since its launch in 1997, the Space Day educational initiative, which takes
International in scope, the award-winning program involves hundreds of
Space Day benefits from more than 75 official Partners, including Challenger
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Welcome! We hope you will take this opportunity to tell others around the
Larry Kellogg
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SPACE DAY The annual celebration of Space Day falls on May 6 this year, but
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Space Day - Founded by Lockheed Martin
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ABOUT US
What is Space Day?
place on the first Thursday of each May, has evolved into a massive
grassroots effort dedicated to the extraordinary achievements, benefits and
opportunities in the exploration and use of space. The ultimate goal is to
promote math, science, technology and engineering education by nurturing
young peoples' enthusiasm for the wonders of the universe and inspiring them
to continue the stellar work of today's space explorers.
thousands of teachers and millions of students throughout the United States,
Canada and beyond. Space Day events have taken place in 21 countries around
the globe on six continents. Thanks to widespread media support, nearly a
billion people have learned about the Space Day programs since its
inception. So effective is this global initiative that it has been honored
with the Space Foundation's prestigious Education Achievement Award.
Center for Space Science Education (creator of the Space Day Design
Challenges) the National Science Teachers Association, National Science
Foundation, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Boys and Girls
Clubs of America, Lockheed Martin Corporation, the Smithsonian's National
Air and Space Museum, ePALS Classroom Exchange T, Time Warner, Discovery
Communications, Inc., the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and
the Canadian Space Agency, among many others.
http://www.spaceday.org/conmgmt/index.php?option=com_getEvents&Itemid=2
Space Day Events
world how you are planning to celebrate Space Day 2004 in your school or
community
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so much has been going on out there, you could call 2004 Space Year. Look at
everything that's happened so far for space exploration:
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Posted on Sun, Apr. 11, 2004
SPACE DAY
Celebrate a galaxy of stars on May 6
By MARCIA ABRAMSON
Knight Ridder Newspapers
The annual celebration of Space Day falls on May 6 this year, but so much
has been going on out there, you could call 2004 Space Year. Look at
everything that's happened so far for space exploration:
NASA's rovers are sending back evidence that there was once water on Mars.
A new kind of rocket plane -- a hypersonic scramjet -- set speed records.
President George W. Bush said he wants astronauts to go back to the moon
and then on to Mars.
The Cassini probe is due to make fly-bys of Saturn and its moons later
this year.
Europe, Russia, Japan and China all have space programs and are planning
their own missions.
Space Day is an educational program sponsored by NASA and Lockheed Martin, a
company that is very involved in space exploration. One of its main
activities is a contest for kids, the Space Day Design Challenges. Winners
are honored on Space Day, when they have a chance to meet astronauts and
tour space museums in the Washington, D.C., area.
But there will be Space Day celebrations at museums and schools all over the
country, too.
This year's theme is ''Blazing Galactic Trails,'' honoring the bicentennial
of the Lewis and Clark expedition and saluting future explorers -- today's
kids.
One of those future explorers could be 16-year-old Michael Owens, a
sophomore at Prescott High School in Arizona. Michael is already helping
NASA with the Mars Rover project.
Michael and his best friend teamed up and were winners in the 2002 Space Day
Design Challenge. Their project showed how to use green algae to make oxygen
for a spaceship. Michael went to Washington, where he met former astronauts
John Glenn and Sally Ride.
Then Michael was chosen to lead a team of 15 students to help NASA watch for
storms that could affect the rover mission. NASA sends them data, and they
analyze it after school. They get help from teachers and scientists at
Arizona State University.
''It was really exciting to be part of the mission when the rovers touched
down,'' Michael said. About 50 student teams nationwide are helping NASA
with the rover mission.
NASA also chose Michael to be one of its student spokesmen. When we spoke
with Michael, he said he had just met with Arizona's governor Janet
Napolitano to talk about Space Day and science education. That was exciting
for him, too.
Michael has been fascinated with space since fourth grade, when he built a
Mars colony out of Legos. He is not sure if he wants to go to Mars, but
would like to become a psychologist who studies the effects of space travel
on humans. ''I'd really like to see a black hole,'' he said. ''That would be
cool -- without getting sucked in, of course.''
As a NASA spokesman, Michael said he wants to tell kids that, like him, they
can have fun with science, math and technology. ''I want to tell them to go
for their goals and have fun along the way,'' he said.
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Space Day Here are some of the museums that are having special events on
Space Day: . Orlando Science Center in Florida; Denver Museum of Nature and
Science in Colorado; California Science Center in Los Angeles; Virginia Air
and Space Center in Hampton; Challenger Learning Center in Paducah, Ky.; and
Edgerton Explorit Center in Aurora, Neb. To see what's happening around the
country, visit www.spaceday.org<http://www.spaceday.org/>.
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