A Day in Space

Hi all, 

Last year's solar eclipse encouraged people to look up into our skies.  I'm encouraging you to keep that momentum going by knowing what is happening in our skies this year.

FYI - Lunar eclipse on the January 31st!  The video below talks about this event.  Info about the event

Check out this link for a calendar of events in our skies this year!

Part of our success into space has come at great cost.  January 28 is the 32 anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster.  Here are some resources to inform others about what many of us witnessed. 

Crista's lessons will finally be taught and video about What we learned from the accident 2 min

1986 Challenger Launch footage 4 min

Video - Challenger Documentary 50 min

More resources on previous disasters

Columbia Documentary  55 min

Apollo 1 1967 report of disaster 40 min

Related links to learn more about space exploration

Check out this 1950's video of our first satellite!

Jet Propulsion Laboratories

JPL Education Site - Amazing!

National Aeronautics and Space Administration check out education link

NASA Kids Club

Some appropriate quotes.

I touch the future. I teach. 

Christa McAuliffe

If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public what's going on up there in the space program, then my job's been done. Christa McAuliffe

There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew. 

Marshall McLuhan

More to come!  Thinking Mission to Mars!