Astronomy by Cheryl Goldsleger This series of six videos created by artist Cheryl Goldsleger is an online extension of her exhibit “The NAS Project” on display at the NAS from Feb 4, – July 26, 2013 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC (www.cpnas.org) Artist's Statement Architecture is more than its foundation, walls and various materials. It exists for reasons of which we may or may not be aware; yet over time a building accrues numerous narrative histories. The NAS Project exhibition revolves around two central questions: Why does this building exist and what does it embody Continue reading
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NASA to Premiere New Mars Exploration Film Today
NASA is unveiling a new documentary film about the history of Mars exploration today (Jan. 23) to an audience in the Los Angeles area, and there’s a chance the movie could eventually get distributed nationally. Continue reading
NASA's last space shuttle heading to Florida retirement home
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA’s third and last surviving space shuttle will move to its retirement home on Friday after a 10-mile road trip from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis, which ended the 30-year-old space shuttle program with a final flight last year, will be the star attraction of a new $100 million exhibit at the privately operated Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex adjacent to the NASA spaceport. Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, which operates the visitors’ center, plans to suspend the 154,000-pound (69,853-kg) spaceship from the ceiling with its cargo bay doors open to simulate the vehicle in orbit Continue reading
NASA Social Media Event to Celebrate the Final Journey of Shuttle Atlantis
NASA and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will invite 28 of their social media followers to a two-day NASA Social Nov. 1-2 in Florida. The event will commemorate the move of space shuttle Atlantis from Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building to its final destination for permanent display at the center’s visitor complex Continue reading
First US Manned Spacecraft Lands at JFK Library in Boston
Freedom 7, NASA's first spacecraft to launch an astronaut into space, has landed in Boston for display at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Continue reading
NASA's Journey to Tomorrow Exhibit Featured at Great New England Air Show
CLEVELAND – NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio invites visitors at the Great New England Air Show to explore interactive exhibits and participate in science, technology, engineering and math activities in NASA’s Journey to Tomorrow traveling exhibit. This will be the first time NASA exhibits will be on display at the air show located on the Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Mass. The exhibit engages guests in real world challenges relative to both aeronautics and space exploration. Continue reading
The Cricket: The scarcity, and spirituality, of water explored at Leonardo exhibit
Donut Falls in Big Cottonwood Canyon, 2012. Continue reading
NASA Glenn Research Center Participates in the Excitement of Ohio's Dayton Air Show
CLEVELAND – NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Gregory H. Johnson will make an appearance at the Dayton Air Show and serve as the grand marshal of the Dayton Air Show parade Continue reading
No Costly On-site Fabrication, Large Cranes or Special Tools Needed for Schletter's New, All-Steel PV Mounting System
TUCSON, Ariz., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Schletter Inc., a leader in solar mounting systems, announces the release of the FS ECO, an all-steel ground mount system for photovoltaic (PV) applications designed for traditional south-facing installations as well as unique east-west oriented applications. The new system will be on display at the Intersolar tradeshow in San Francisco July 10 12, 2012, booth number 9223. Continue reading