LOST IN SPACE? KIDS ENJOY EXPLORING STARGAZING PARTY.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - Lockheed Martin marked National Space Day with a stargazing star·gaze intr.v. star·gazed, star·gaz·ing, star·gaz·es 1. To gaze at the stars. 2. To daydream. Noun 1. party for the Antelope Valley Boys & Girls Club that drew 150 youngsters. Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford presented a proclamation at the Hammack Activity Center event declaring May 2 as Space Day in Palmdale. Lockheed Martin, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Dryden Flight Research Center The Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), located inside Edwards Air Force Base, is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA. On March 26, 1976 it was named in honor of the late Hugh L. , Boeing and the Antelope Valley Astronomy Club joined to put on the event. Boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. took part in discussions about living and working in space. They also got to look through telescopes provided by the astronomy club, examined displays from Boeing and NASA and did space-related arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , courtesy of NASA. Youngsters signed a Student Signatures in Space poster that will be flown aboard a space shuttle this year. Lockheed Martin Corp. started National Space Day in 1997. It was a grass-roots effort that has grown into a global celebration. The day recognizes world achievement in space exploration and encourages young people to study mathematics and science. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Kids attend a stargazing party at the Antelope Valley Boys & Girls Club. (2 -- color) Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford shakes hands with youngsters at the Space Day stargazing party in Antelope Valley. |
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