Fw: AMSAT at Space Day - May 5 at the Air & Space Hazy Center

Sat Apr 29 15:27:10 CDT 2006


-----Forwarded Message-----
>From: Perry Klein <pk at washcable.tv>
>Sent: Apr 29, 2006 6:55 PM
>To: amsat-dc at amsat.org
>Cc: Board-AMSAT <bod at amsat.org>, officers at amsat.org, ans-editor at amsat.org
>Subject: AMSAT at Space Day - May 5 at the Air & Space Hazy Center
>
>AMSAT will be exhibiting at the Smithsonian National Air and
>Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center on Friday, May 5 for Space Day
>2006.ï¿½ The ARISS team will be showing ISS hardware and we'llalso
>be explaining how AMSAT builds small satellites, displaying the
>Cal-Poly Cubesat model and picosats.
>
>The Museum will be open extended hours that day (10 AM to 8 PM).
>Friday, April 28th's Washington Post Weekend Section, pages
>12 & 13 published the schedule.ï¿½ AMSAT is listed under"Activity
>Stations".ï¿½ Also seehttp://www.nasm.edu/ï¿½ 
>
>For those located in the Washington, D.C. area, this is a good
>opportunity to visit the Udvar-Hazy Center after work, and parking
>will be free that day.
>
>73, Perry, W3PK
>===========================================================
>
>Here's the Air and Space Museum's press release from 
>ï¿½http://www.nasm.edu/events/pressroom/releaseDetail.cfm?releaseID=149
>which also mentions AMSAT:
>
>
>Celebrate Space Day with ExtendedHours and Free Parking May 5 at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
>
>
>Visitors of all ages are invited for a galactic adventure as theSmithsonian's National Air and Space Museum hosts the annual Space Daycelebration on Friday, May 5, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center inChantilly, Va.
>
>To encourage families to attend, the center will have extended hours forthe day, 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., and parking will be free, courtesy ofLockheed Martin Corporation. 
>
>Space Day will feature a busy schedule of astronaut appearances, liveperformances by the Smithsonian's acclaimed Discovery Theater, hands-onlearning stations, book signings, curator talks, tours, stories forchildren and a special space-themed IMAX film festival with ticketsdiscounted to $5 for each show. The films conclude with an 8 p.m. showingof the IMAX Experience version of the Tom Hanks drama "Apollo13." 
>
>Visitors also will have the chance to win an array of prizes, includingtrips to Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala., and a Bushnelltelescope.
>
>Space Day, created in 1997 by Lockheed Martin, is designed to encouragestudents to consider careers in space exploration as they study math,science, engineering and technology. Lockheed Martin sponsors Space Dayevents across the United States and Canada with more than 70 partners andassociates including the National Air and Space Museum and NASA.
>
>This yearï¿½s theme is "Living and Working on the Moon," whichreflects NASA's plans to create a lunar test-bed that leads to humanexploration of Mars and beyond. The space agency is readying designs fora new reusable spacecraft that can take up to six astronauts to the moonand back.
>
>A 30-minute broadcast of Space Day activities at the Udvar-Hazy Centerwill be distributed by satellite to more than 200,000 schools in NorthAmerica. 
>
>More than 1,500 sixth-graders from Washington-area schools will take partin Space Day at the Udvar-Hazy Center. In remarks during the openingceremony, former senator and astronaut John Glenn will offer advice onhow young people can get involved in space exploration.
>
>Former senator and astronaut Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, Apollo 17lunar module pilot, will be on hand for a late-morning talk andbook-signing. Shuttle and International Space Station astronaut CarlWalz, former shuttle astronaut Tom Jones and educator astronaut RickyArnold will also take part in Space Day at the Udvar-HazyCenter.
>
>Organizations offering activity stations at the center will includeNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the American Institute of Aeronauticsand Astronautics, AMSAT-RadioAmateur Satellite Corporation, the ChantillyRobotics Team and Boy Scout Troop 1154.
>
>"Space Day gives us the perfect chance to inspire the nextgeneration of engineers, astronauts and educatorsï¿½plus theirfamilies," said museum director Gen. J.R. "Jack" Dailey."The Udvar-Hazy Center is home to some remarkable icons of flight,but programs like Space Day show that weï¿½re also a significant resourcefor the community and schools, local and thousands of milesaway."ï¿½ 
>
>The center features the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar, whosecenterpiece is Enterpriseï¿½the only NASA space shuttle anywhere on displayto the public. The hangar is also home to the Gemini VII spacecraft, aninstrument ring segment from an unflown Saturn V rocket, a space shuttlemain engine, the mobile quarantine trailer that housed the returnedApollo 11 crew, and scores of cruise missiles, satellites and spacetelescopes. Among its hundreds of smaller artifacts are a human-sizedNASA android used for spacesuit testing and research crystals formed inorbit.
>
>The satellite broadcast from the Udvar-Hazy Center is available as anelectronic program for students in grades 4 through 8; it is produced bythe museum and the Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools Department ofInformation Technology. 
>
>Admission to the Udvar-Hazy Center and the museum's flagship building onthe National Mall in Washington, D.C., is free. The museum operates ashuttle bus between the two locations from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with around-trip ticket costing $12. Group discounts are available. Bothfacilities are open daily with the regular hours of 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.(Closed Dec. 25)
>
>The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is located off Route 28 near WashingtonDulles International Airport.
>
>=====================================================
>The Space Day schedule is at:
>
>http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/spotlight_may.cfm?CFID=123477&CFTOKEN=64612673
>
>and describes AMSAT's exhibit as a "Show and Tell: Small AmateurRadio
>Microsats, Nanosats and Radio Onboard the ISS".
>
>Space Day 2006 
>Friday, May 05 
>10:00 AM to 8:00 PM 
>Throughout the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
>Extended Hours and Free Parking All Day! 
>
>A galactic adventure is guaranteed for all as the Smithsonian'sNational Air and Space Museum hosts the annual Space Day globalcelebration on Friday, May 5, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center inChantilly , Va. 
>
>The center will have extended hours, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., andparking will be free all day, courtesy of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
>
>Space Day will feature a busy schedule of astronaut appearances, liveperformances by the Smithsonian's acclaimed Discovery Theater, hands-onlearning stations, book signings, curator talks, tours, stories forchildren and a special space-themed IMAX film festival with ticketsdiscounted to $5 for each show. The films conclude with an 8 p.m. showingof the IMAX Experience version of the Tom Hanks drama "Apollo13." 
>
>Visitors also will have the chance to win an array of prizes, includingtrips to Space Camp in Huntsville , Ala. , and a Bushnell telescope.
>
>Space Day, created in 1997 by Lockheed Martin, is designed to encouragestudents to consider careers in space exploration as they study math,science, engineering and technology. Lockheed Martin sponsors Space Dayevents across the United States and Canada with more than 70 partners andassociates including the National Air and Space Museum and NASA.
>
>This year's theme is "Living and Working on the Moon," whichreflects NASA's plans to create a lunar test-bed that leads to humanexploration of Mars and beyond. The space agency is readying designs fora new reusable spacecraft that can take up to six astronauts to the moonand back. 
>
>Organizations offering activity stations at the center will includeNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the American Institute of Aeronauticsand Astronautics, AMSAT-Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, theChantilly Robotics Team and Boy Scout Troop 1154. 
>
>The center features the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar, whosecenterpiece is Enterprise ï¿½the only NASA space shuttle anywhere ondisplay to the public. The hangar is also home to the Gemini VIIspacecraft, an instrument ring segment from an unflown Saturn V rocket, aspace shuttle main engine, the mobile quarantine trailer that housed thereturned Apollo 11 crew, and scores of cruise missiles, satellite andspace telescopes. Among its hundreds of smaller artifacts are ahuman-sized NASA android used for spacesuit testing and research crystalsformed in orbit. 
>
>Admission to the Udvar-Hazy Center and the museum's flagship building onthe National Mall in Washington , D.C. , is free. The museum operates ashuttle bus between the two locations from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with around-trip ticket costing $12. Group discounts are available. Bothfacilities are open daily with the regular hours of 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.(Closed Dec. 25) 
>
>The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is located off Route 28 near WashingtonDulles International Airport. 
>ï¿½
>ï¿½ Space Day Schedule:
>
>ï¿½ On the Main Stage, Boeing Aviation Hangar 
>
>ï¿½ 9:30 a.m.ï¿½ï¿½ Opening Ceremony (Private Event) 
>ï¿½ 11:00 a.m. Space Rock (Recorded Music Set) 
>ï¿½ 11:30 a.m.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ Kevin Reese Presentsï¿½Apollo to the Moonï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 12:00 p.m.ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ Lunar Moments (Audio and VideoClips) 
>ï¿½ 12:10 p.m. The Chromatics Present Astrocappella 
>ï¿½ 12:30 p.m. Mike Offutt Presents ï¿½Science Is a Blastï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 12:50 p.m. Space Rock (Recorded Music Set)
>ï¿½ 1:00 p.m. Lunar Moments (Audio and Video Clips) 
>ï¿½ 1:10 p.m. Kevin Reese Presents ï¿½Apollo to the Moonï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 1:30 p.m. Space Rock (Recorded Music Set) 
>ï¿½ 1:35 p.m. Mike Offutt Presents ï¿½Science Is a Blastï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 5:25 p.m. Lunar Moments (Audio and Video Clips) 
>ï¿½ 5:30 p.m. Kevin Reese Presents ï¿½Apollo to the Moon"
>ï¿½ 5:50 p.m. Space Rock (Recorded Music Set) 
>ï¿½ 6:00 p.m. Mike Offutt Presents ï¿½Science Is a Blastï¿½
>ï¿½ 6:20 p.m. Lunar Moments (Audio and Video Clips) 
>ï¿½ 6:25 p.m. Kevin Reese Presents ï¿½Apollo to the Moonï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 7:00 p.m. The Chromatics Present Astrocappella 
>ï¿½ 7:30 p.m. Awards Ceremony & Closing Performance 
>ï¿½
>ï¿½ On the Small Stage, Space Hangar 
>
>ï¿½ 11:00 a.m. Topper Shutt, Chief Meteorologist for 9News 
>ï¿½ 11:30 a.m. Q&A with Astronaut Harrison Schmitt 
>ï¿½ 1:00 p.m. Meet Albert Einstein 
>ï¿½ 4:00 p.m. Meet Albert Einstein 
>ï¿½ 5:00 p.m. Meet Albert Einstein 
>ï¿½ 6:00 p.m. Q&A with Astronaut Tom Jones 
>
>ï¿½ On the Boeing Aviation Hangar Overlook, Near the Welcome Center
>ï¿½
>ï¿½ 1:00 p.m. The Chromatics Present Astrocappella 
>ï¿½ 5:00 p.m. The Chromatics Present Astrocappella 
>
>ï¿½ Curator's Choice:ï¿½ Museum Curators Show Some of TheirFavorite Things
>ï¿½ Each 15 minute lecture begins in front of the artifact beingdiscussed. Please see maps at the Udvar-Hazy Center. 
>ï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 10:30 a.m. Frank Winter on ï¿½The Pegasus XL-Air Launch Vehicleï¿½
>ï¿½ 11:00 a.m. Jeremy Kinney on ï¿½Another Giant Leap: Daryl Greenamyerand Conquest 1ï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 11:30 a.m. Margaret Weitekamp on ï¿½The Close Encounters' MotherShip Modelï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 12:00 p.m. Peter Jakab on ï¿½Nieuport 28: America 's First Fighterï¿½
>ï¿½ 12:30 p.m. James Zimbelman on ï¿½The Mars Pathfinder: Learning aboutMarsï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 1:00 p.m. Bob van der Linden on ï¿½The Concordeï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 1:30 p.m. Allan Needell on ï¿½Recovering Apollo Astronautsï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 2:00 p.m. Tom Crouch on ï¿½Balloons and Airshipsï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 2:30 p.m. Jim David on ï¿½The Corona Film Return Capsuleï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 3:00 p.m. Dom Pisano on ï¿½Lindbergh and Pop Culture: The StanleyKing Collectionï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 3:30 p.m. Paul Ceruzzi on ï¿½The Saturn V Instrument Unitï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 4:00 p.m. Dik Daso on ï¿½Gen. Hap Arnold and His Vision for AirForces in Spaceï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 4:30 p.m. Mike Neufeld on ï¿½Alan Shepard's Mercury Capsule, Freedom7ï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 5:00 p.m. Tom Dietz on ï¿½The Dornier Do ï¿½ 335ï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 5:30 p.m. David DeVorkin on "The Ritchey GrindingMachine" 
>ï¿½ 6:00 p.m. Chris Moore on ï¿½ Westland Lysanderï¿½ 
>ï¿½ 6:30 p.m. Ross Irwin on "Crew Exploration Vehicle: America'sReturn to the Moon" 
>ï¿½ 7:00 p.m. Dan Hagedorn on ï¿½The Trek of Junkers Ju 52 3/m (CASA352-L)ï¿½ 
>ï¿½
>ï¿½ IMAXï¿½ Theater Film Schedule (Special $5 Admission for SpaceDay)
>ï¿½ Tickets are available for purchaseonline beginning 4/21/06 or may be purchased at the IMAXï¿½ Theater boxoffice. 
>ï¿½
>ï¿½ 11:00 a.m. The Dream Is Alive 
>ï¿½ 12:00 p.m. Destiny in Space
>ï¿½ 1:00 p.m. Mission to MIR 
>ï¿½ 2:00 p.m. Space Station
>ï¿½ 3:00 p.m. The Dream Is Alive
>ï¿½ 4:00 p.m. Destiny in Space 
>ï¿½ 5:00 p.m. Mission to MIR 
>ï¿½ 6:00 p.m. Space Station 
>ï¿½ 8:00 p.m. Apollo 13 
>
>ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 
>ï¿½ Booksignings, Outside the Museum Store 
>ï¿½ 
>ï¿½ Book Author(s) Signing 
>ï¿½ 
>Right Stuff, Wrong Sexï¿½ 
>Margaret Weitekamp
>ï¿½ 
>Rocketeers and Gentlemen Engineers: A History of the AmericanInstitute of Aeronautics and Astronauticsï¿½And What Came Before 
>
>Tom Crouch
>ï¿½ 
>Animals Aloft! 
>Allan Janus and Gilmore
>ï¿½ The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon:ï¿½ The Storyof Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins 
>Bea Uusma Schyffert
>ï¿½ 
>Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1: Breaking the Sound Barrier 
>Dom Pisano, Bob van der Linden, and Frank Winter
>ï¿½ 
>America 's Hangar:ï¿½ Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 
>-and-
>Hap Arnold and the Evolution of American Air Power
>Dik Daso
>ï¿½ Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir Tom Jones 
>ï¿½ Neil, Buzz and Mike Go to the Moon Richard Hilliard 
>ï¿½ 
>ï¿½ Activity Stations, Throughout the Museum
>ï¿½  
>ï¿½Activity Presenters
>ï¿½ Space Shuttle and ISS Docking Activity American Instituteof Aeronautics and Astronautics and Boy Scout Troop 1154
>ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 
>ï¿½Show and Tell: SmallAmateur Radio Microsats, Nanosats and Radio Onboard the ISSAMSAT-Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
>ï¿½
>ï¿½ Robotic Exploration Chantilly Robotics Team
>ï¿½ 
>ï¿½ Meet an Astronaut, Balloon Rocket Races, Children's ArtDisplay, Spud Rover Races, SR-71 Build a Model, Student Signatures inSpace Lockheed Martin Corporation
>ï¿½
>ï¿½ Mars Exploration, Cassini and Stardust NASA Jet PropulsionLaboratory
>ï¿½
>ï¿½ Cosmic Survey, Design a Mission Patch, Animals in the Sky/SpaceSelf-Guide for Younger Visitors Ages 4 to 8, ï¿½Ask the Experts: Greetingsfrom the Udvar-Hazy Center ï¿½ National Air and Space Museum
>
>ï¿½
>ï¿½ More Information:
>Drivingdirections to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 
>
>Udvar-HazyCenter Floorplan 
>
>Space Day Web Site
>
>Teachers - Register for the Space Day 2006 Electronic Lesson 
>
>
>
>ï¿½