Calling all Future Space Travelers, Rocket Scientists, and Engineers:
Caldwell vineyards, the makers of Rocket Science wine, are launching a label-writing contest in conjunction with Yuri’s Night!
Submit a short witty, funny, and memorable space-themed story to be printed on the back of the 2007 Rocket Science wine bottle.
If your entry is selected, you win a *case* of this celestial wine (yummy, $40/bottle retail).
For more contest info and an entry form: http://caldwellvineyard.com/yurisnight/2009/
Have fun and spread the word!
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Tagged: 2009, Caldwell, label, Rocket Science, vinyard, wine, writing contest, Yuri's Night
More than 50 astronauts have donated items for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s Semi-Annual Auction of Astronaut Experiences and Memorabilia. The items are available to view online today.
Bid, and you may win items that have flown to the moon or outer-space; astronaut signed photos; one-on-one adventures with legend astronauts such as Tom Stafford or Scott Carpenter and more!
Online bidding will open on April 9, 2009 and close during the Autographica show in Birmingham Hilton Metropole, England on April 18, 2009. Online bidders will compete with in-person bidders at the show and dinner.
See AstronautSholarship.org for more details.
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Tagged: 2009, Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, astronauts, auction, autographs, memorabilia
Plans are underway for another major celebration here in the space coast to commemorate Yuri’s Night: the anniversary of manned spaceflight–and STS-1!
NSS is teaming up with folks from the new Launching Leaders group at KSC to create 3 Yuri’s Night events, all to be held on April 4:
- “Space Race” 5K Fun Run/Walk
- NASA Education Expo
- “Space Invaders” Costumed Celebration
Additional information and updates can now be found at:
YurisNightSpaceCoast.com
Categories: Events
Tagged: 2009, Cocoa Beach, Florida, Launching Leaders, Space Coast, Yuri's Night
Date:
Tuesday March 10 from 6 – 7:30pmLocation: Cape Canaveral Library
201 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 - MAP
(321) 868-1101
Categories: Meetings
Tagged: Cape Canaveral, chapter meeting, ISDC 2009, Library, National Space Society, NSS, NSS Florida, Space Coast
Florida Math & Science Day, May 1, 2009
Theme: Space Exploration!
Announcement and Call for Lesson Proposals
The Office of Mathematics and Science at the Florida Department of Education invites Florida K-12 teachers to submit lesson plans related to the Space Exploration theme.
A panel of experts will select two model lesson plans from each grade span, one mathematics lesson and one science lesson. The eight writers of the winning model lessons will be declared Florida Mathematics and Science Educators of the Day for Math and Science Day on May 1, 2009.
More information and lesson plan submission forms are online at Florida Dept of Education STEM website.
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Tagged: 2009, Education, Florida, lesson plan, math, science, space exploration, teachers
The next NSS Space Coast chapter meeting will be Tuesday. February 10 starting at 6:00 pm. We will be meeting at Kelsey’s Pizza in Port St. John (address below).
It’s election time again! Nominations are open for chapter President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary. Nominations will be taken via email (with seconds), or at the meeting before elections commence. Keep reading →
Categories: Meetings
Tagged: 2009, chapter meeting, elections, Kelsey's pizza, NSS Florida, Port St. John
WHAT: The NASA Advisory Council (NAC) public meeting
WHERE: The Hilton Cocoa Beach in the Sea Oats room
WHEN: 8am – 4:30pm on Thursday February 5, 2009
**Business attire is requested** Keep reading →
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Tagged: Cocoa Beach, Florida, Hilton, NAC, NASA, NASA Advisory Council
AIAA/CCTS Engineers Week Banquet
Featuring AIAA Distinguished Lecturer Randii Wessen,
Program System Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
speaking on “The Future of U. S. Planetary Exploration”
Date: Thursday February 19, 2009
**Reservations due by Feb 12!**
Keep reading →
Categories: Events
Tagged: 2009, AIAA, awards, BCC Planetarium, CCTS, dinner, Engineers Week Banquet, JPL, Randii Wessen
This week special ceremonies in Florida will honor astronauts whose lives were lost in the line of duty.
According to Florida Today, the following ceremonies are planned:
Thursday, Jan 29, 9:30 a.m:
Saturday, Jan 31, 10 a.m:
Categories: Events · News
Tagged: 2009, Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, memorial, NASA, Titusville, Visitor Complex
