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“Space Month” with “Space Day” Activities
May 1
Rensselaer has joined forces with the Junior
Museum, Time Warner Cable, and A&E Television Networks
to host a day of space-related activities for local youth
on nationally recognized “Space Day,” May 1.
The events will kick off “Space Month,” a program
of exhibitions, workshops, contests, and discussions scheduled
throughout May that are designed to boost kids’ interest
in space, science, and technology.
 Space
Day will begin with a tour for children of the George M.
Low Gallery from 9 to 9:45 a.m. Then, in two “Meet
the Scientist” segments from 10 to 10:45 a.m. and
11 to 11:45 a.m. at the Junior Museum, kids will get the
chance to talk with space researchers and Rensselaer professors
Afina Lupulescu and Heidi Newberg. Lupulescu will show crystals
grown in space, and Newberg will explain comets and help
some participants make them.
Immediately following a reception and a
live, interactive Web cast and video program hosted by Time
Warner Cable and A&E Television Networks at the Junior
Museum, the day’s festivities will conclude with a
final tour of Rensselaer’s Low Gallery from 2 to 2:45
p.m.
 “Rensselaer
has been a consistent and enthusiastic partner with the
Junior Museum,” said Allison Newman, director of community
relations at Rensselaer. “Getting youngsters excited
about science, technology, engineering, and their many applications
is what the Institute is all about. We are particularly
delighted to share the treasure trove of NASA history available
in the Low Gallery.”
Other highlights of Space Month include
a discussion with Rensselaer architecture professor Ted
Krueger of his design ideas for living in space; a display
of a prototype of the cylinder that Lupulescu and fellow
Rensselaer professor Martin Glicksman used to grow crystals
on the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997; and additional tours
of the Low Gallery and space-related sights on Rensselaer’s
campus.
For a complete schedule of events, go to
http://www.juniormuseum.org/Exhibits/Space/Space_Month.htm.
Photos by Thomas Griffin
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