Space day. (Space).On May 1, students, teachers, and visionaries from the U.S. and Canada will participate in Space Day, a celebration of space exploration. An annual educational event since 1997, Space Day is dedicated this year to the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight. The nationwide event will include a Webcast co-hosted by astronomy astronomy, branch of science that studies the motions and natures of celestial bodies, such as planets, stars, and galaxies; more generally, the study of matter and energy in the universe at large. and aviation experts and by 14-year-old Bianca Baker of Portsmouth, Virginia Portsmouth is an independent city located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 100,565, but a 2006 Census estimate showed the city's population had increased to 101,377. . An honor student and aspiring as·pire intr.v. as·pired, as·pir·ing, as·pires 1. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly: aspired to stardom. 2. actress, Bianca was thrilled to interview astronauts John Glenn and Sally Ride Sally Kristen Ride (born May 26 1951) is an American former astronaut who in 1983 became the first American woman to reach outer space.[1][2] She was preceded by two Soviet women, Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1982). last year. A true believer true believer n. One who is deeply, sometimes fanatically devoted to a cause, organization, or person: "a band of true believers bonded together against all those who did not agree with them" in the merits of space exploration, Bianca has a special interest in the Red Planet. "One day I would like to go to Mars because there's a big possibility that it could sustain human life," she told JS. We asked what Bianca thinks about the future of U.S. space travel in the wake of the Columbia disaster. "We just have to go on," she said. "It's hard, but that [setback] should just give us the determination to pick up and move forward." Web FOR MORE INFORMATION, CHECK OUT: www.spaceday.com |
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