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Amazing
Skies Comes to SAC on May 26
For
Immediate Release
May 18, 2007
Contact: John Hammond, Director of Public Relations,
San Antonio College
210/733-2147
jhammond@accd.edu
On
Saturday, May 26, San Antonio College will host a
day of hands-on exhibits and speakers at the Loftin
Student Center Fiesta Room, a presentation in the
Scobee Planetarium, and star viewing at the Scobee
Planetarium Observatory and with telescopes provided
by the San Antonio Astronomical Society. The event
is co-sponsored by Amazing Skies, an Urban Science
Initiative, Inc.
The featured speaker will be Col. John Blaha, who
has logged 161 days in space on five space missions.
He has received numerous honors, including two NASA
Distinguished Service Medals, NASA Outstanding Leadership
Medal, and NASA Exceptional Service Medal, among others.
Other speakers will include Bryan Snow, Director of
the Scobee Planetarium, and Jennifer Becerra, NASA
Education Specialist, who will introduce NASA's mission
to "Ignite the Flame of Knowledge" about
STS 118, a mission that includes NASA educator astronaut
Barbara Morgan. Also, Art Applewhite will discuss
rocket launches.
The Amazing Skies exhibit will feature videos, rocket
launches, and hands-on activities for students. Day
viewing will take place 6-8 p.m. and night viewing
of the stars from 8-10 p.m. with San Antonio Astronomy
Association (SAAA) telescopes in the parking lot and
at the San Antonio College Observatory.
The
schedule of events follows:
- 2
p.m. - Amazing Skies Opens Exhibits and Jennifer
Becerra speaks (Fiesta Room)
- 2:30
p.m. - Bryan Snow presentation (Scobee Planetarium)
- 3
p.m. - Col. John Blaha, former NASA astronaut
- 3:30
p.m. - Art Applewhite discusses "Rocket Launches"
(Fiesta Room)
- 4:30
p.m. - Telescopes 101 (Fiesta Room)
- 6-8
p.m. - Day viewing with telescopes
- 8-10
p.m. - Night viewing with SAAA telescopes and in
SAC Observatory.
Amazing
Skies is a non-profit outreach of Urban Science Initiative
with the goal of increasing awareness of scientific
discovery and to sustain the need for future scientists.
The event should appeal to space science enthusiasts,
amateur astronomers, amateur racketeers, and students.
For more information, contact Bryan Snow at 733-2910
or go to http://www.amazingskies.org.
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