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Posted by Clipper the Horse on June 2, 2007, 4:43 am
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sound nice. wish I could see this.
baalke@earthlink.net wrote:
> Lynn Chandler
> June 1, 2007
>
> NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
>
> 301-286-2806
>
> RELEASE NO: 07-32
>
> NASA, NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN TO UNVEIL EXTRASOLAR
> PLANET EXHIBITION AT NASA GODDARD VISITOR CENTER
>
> GREENBELT, Md. - The wonder and science of the search for extrasolar
> planets will come 'down to Earth' in a unique way on Tuesday evening,
> June 5, when a new artistic installation is unveiled at NASA's Goddard
> Space Flight Center. The exhibit is part of a new educational
> initiative
> to educate and stimulate student interest in planetary science.
>
> 'Worlds Beyond' is a hands-on educational project that merges the
> search
> for planets outside our solar system with the creativity of an
> interactive art installation. Middle school students from around the
> Washington area have participated in this pilot education program and
> will present their finished projects at the special opening event.
>
> The opening will take place at the NASA Goddard Visitor Center, on
> Tuesday, June 5, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm EDT. The visitor center is
> located off of Rt. 193, Greenbelt Rd., in Greenbelt, Md.
>
> In addition to the art exhibition, NASA scientists and engineers will
> be
> present to interact with the students and the public to share the
> wonders of the discovery of extrasolar planets, those that orbit stars
> other than our sun.
>
> The event will continue into the early evening when the Worlds Beyond
> exhibition will come alive with an LED light display, representing the
> Earth's local Galactic region.
>
> George Whitesides, executive director of the National Space Society,
> remarked, "Worlds Beyond will give students and the public a
> remarkable
> personal connection to our celestial neighborhood, and to these
> special
> extra-solar systems."
>
> As part of the opening, a new model of the James Webb Space Telescope
> will be unveiled at the visitor center. The Webb Telescope, managed by
> the Goddard Space Flight Center and designed and built by prime
> contractor Northrop Grumman Corp., Los Angeles, Calif., will play a
> key
> role in the discovery and study of extrasolar planets.
>
> In addition, noted musician Marty Quinn will perform a new composition
> inspired by actual scientific data from newly-discovered extrasolar
> planets.
>
> Worlds Beyond was organized by the National Space Society in
> partnership
> with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and was sponsored by
> Northrop
> Grumman.
>
> For information on Worlds Beyond, please visit on the web:
>
> http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/worldsbeyond.html.
>
> For more information on NASA's science programs, visit:
>
> http://www.nasa.gov
>
> -end-
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