NASA will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launch of Skylab, America’s first space station, on Tuesday (May 14), but you might be surprised where this icon of U.S. human spaceflight ended up. After hosting rotating astronaut crews from 1973-1974, theSkylab space stationeventually fell back to Earth in pieces that landed in Australia Continue reading
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Coming Soon to Aerospace Exhibit – Launch Lab! – Video
Coming Soon to Aerospace Exhibit – Launch Lab! Arriving this summer the Museum's new Launch Lab in the Aerospace exhibit puts you in charge of design and flight! Launch rockets or try out your own flying apparatus with wind tubes and helipad… By: ncmls Continue reading
Freedom Park //hapo Museum: Official opening by Deputy President Motlanthe – Video
Freedom Park //hapo Museum: Official opening by Deputy President Motlanthe Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe official opened the Freedom Park //hapo Museum as part of the Freedom Month celebrations on 22 April 2013. By: GovernmentZA Continue reading
Freedom Riders Pilgrimage Stop
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Beaches, museums, and shops in North Kingstown, R.I.
North Kingstown was home to Quonset Point in World War II, then the biggest air base in the world (its where the ubiquitous hump-shaped Quonset hut was invented by the Seabees) and now a sprawling business park with a golf course, public beaches, ferries, museums, and shops. The town draws couples and families to its quaint villages such as Wickford, which in summer bustles with festivals, including the popular arts festival in July. In the historic district the Haddie Pierce House (146 Boston Neck Road, 401-295-5163, www.haddiepierce.com, rates from $145) is a five-room Victorian inn built in 1906 within walking distance of Wickford Village and a town beach. Continue reading
Utahns invited to celebrate Astronomy Week
Utahns are invited to spend the week celebrating the cosmos. The Salt Lake Astronomical Society, comprised of amateur astronomers, is hosting a slew of activities to excite people about the stars Continue reading
Mueller Planetarium to celebrate Astronomy Day
Learn about planets, optics, telescopes, physics, robotics, space travel, nanotechnology and more at Astronomy Day, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. April 20 at the University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History in Morrill Hall, south of 14th and Vine streets. Visitors will get a chance to win a telescope, binoculars and other prizes, watch educational laser shows and participate in activities about space and science. Continue reading
K.C. #6–WWI Museum #2. at Liberty Memorial – Video
K.C. #6–WWI Museum #2. Continue reading
K.C. #7–WWI Museum #3. at Liberty Memorial – Video
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K.C. #8–WWI Museum #4. at Liberty Memorial – Video
K.C. #8–WWI Museum #4. at Liberty Memorial Kamsas City the WWI Museum at Liberty Memorial ( theworldwar.org) Continue reading
'Star Party' to End Nebraska Astronomy Day Event
The University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History in Lincoln has scheduled several events to mark Astronomy Day next week. Continue reading
Chennai Museum – Art Exhibition 2013 – Indian Freedom Fighters – Artist A.Karthikeyan BSc.Viscom – Video
Chennai Museum – Art Exhibition 2013 – Indian Freedom Fighters – Artist A.Karthikeyan BSc.Viscom Chennai Museum – Art Exhibition 2013 – Indian Freedom Fighters – Artist A.Karthikeyan BSc.Viscom,Chennai,Tamilnadu,India. By: anitoonartist Continue reading
Statue of Liberty to reopen by Independence Day
A park ranger patrols Liberty Island, which was damaged in Superstorm Sandy. (John Moore/Getty Images) The Statue of Liberty, which has been closed to the public since Superstorm Sandy struck in October, will reopen by July 4, federal officials announced Tuesday Continue reading
Sir Michael Caine Given City Of London Freedom
Sir Michael Caine has been given the Freedom of the City of London in recognition of his film career. The veteran actor, famous for his trademark Cockney accent, turns 80 on March 14 and has been acting in films since the 1950s. In a break with tradition, the special service did not take place at the Guildhall but at the Museum of London , which has just unveiled an exhibition onCaine’s life and times Continue reading
Freedom Of The City Of London Awarded To ‘Alfie’ Actor Michael Caine
Veteran actor receives city honour, presented at the Museum of London Sir Michael Caine has been given the Freedom of the City of London, to mark his lengthy acting career, Sky News have reported. Caine turns 80 on March 14, 2013 and has received the honour in a ceremony that took place at the Museum of London, where an exhibition on Caines life and work is taking place. The museums curator, Beverley Cook, said Sir Michael Caine is one of London’s most loved and recognisable characters. Continue reading
It’s Hard to Gross Out a Libertarian: Jonathan Haidt on Sex, Politics, and Disgust – Video
It's Hard to Gross Out a Libertarian: Jonathan Haidt on Sex, Politics, and Disgust “Morality isn't just about stealing and killing and honesty, it's often about menstruation, and food, and who you are having sex with, and how you handle corpses,” says NYU social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, who is author of THE RIGHTEOUS MIND: WHY GOOD PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED BY POLITICS. Haidt argues that our concern over these victimless behaviors is rooted in our biology. Humans evolved to feel disgusted by anything that when consumed makes us sick Continue reading
Freedom Riders come to Durham
This Black History Month, Strong School is hosting “Freedom Riders”, an exhibition created by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and PBS’ American Experience. One of only 20 sites selected, the local community is indeed fortunate to have this museum-quality exhibit in town, and more fortunate to have talented and enthusiastic students to be the guides. Strong school students not only had the opportunity to learn this chapter of U.S Continue reading
Florida Panhandle offers gleaming beaches for budget travelers
PENSACOLA, Fla. The gleaming white sand beaches and turquoise waters of Floridas Panhandle draw millions of visitors each year, but this area isnt known for glitz, glamour and high-end hot spots like some of Floridas other beaches. Instead, the Panhandle offers a laid-back vibe, Southern hospitality and family atmosphere. Continue reading
NASA Finds 4-Toed Footprint
A chunk of stone bearing dinosaur footprints has been carefully lifted from the grounds of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., scientists report. The dino tracks, thought to have been left by three separate beasts more than 100 million years ago, were discovered by amateur paleontologist Ray Stanford in August 2012 Continue reading
Liberty Memorial ‘flame’ will return
A landmark visible for decades on the Kansas City nightscape is to return tonight with the relighting of the flame atop the Liberty Memorial. Continue reading