nPostednon May 2, 2014
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nSpacenDay is an international day for education about space—astronomy,naeronautics, cosmology, and astrophysics!
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It’snsupposed to be the first Friday of May – today! – but somenmuseums are having special Space Day programs on other days. Fornexample, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton, Ohio,nwill be celebrating on May 16, 2014.
It’snsupposed to be the first Friday of May – today! – but somenmuseums are having special Space Day programs on other days. Fornexample, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton, Ohio,nwill be celebrating on May 16, 2014.n
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nThisnholiday was created in 1997 by the Lockheed Martin Corporation in annattempt to get kids interested in science and math.
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nIn 2001 formernastronaut Senator John Glenn expanded the day from National tonInternational Space Day.
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nHerenare some ways to celebrate Space Day:
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nBuyn a “Space Kit”n from little Bits in collaboration with NASA. You can create an satellite dish, a Mars rover, and many other electronic items.
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Explore outer spacen on your own. But do it responsibly!n
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Watchn Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. n
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nExploren KidsAstronomy.com.
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- Checkn out astronaut Chris Hadfield’s videos,n most filmed on the International Space Station.
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nListVersen offers a list of the top ten strangest things in the universe, and Space.comn has the same exact kind of list—but with different, equallyn strange, items!n
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nAlsonon this date:
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nRussiannempress Catherine the Great’s birthday
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nAnniversarynof the modern legend of the Loch Ness Monster
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nAnniversarynof Benjamin Franklin’s study of the Gulf Stream
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nAnniversarynof Benjamin Franklin’s study of the Gulf Stream
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nPlannahead:
nPlannahead:
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Checknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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