Don’t forget about the Falling to Earth book launch event being held today at the Air & Space Museum!
If you can’t be there in person, you can tune in at 11:00AM EDT and watch!
And don’t forget to head on over to its Facebook page and “Like” the book if you do in fact like the book or even just Al Worden or Apollo 15! It happened now-minus-40-years-ago!
Again, all of the details for the event as well as access to the web feed can be found on the Event Page.
Physics teacher Arthur Elsener along with student Jon Zehnder play a game of Swiss charades with the audience.
Then they teach the audience what I can only hope is a dirty word in Switzerland.
After having to sleep in the Washinton Dulles International Airport, the Austria contingent made it safely to Huntsville with enough time to spare to be able to give a charming introduction to their home country at the 2011 International Space Camp Opening Ceremony.
Francis French, Space Camp Hall of Fame inductee and author of the books Into that Silent See and In the Shadow of the Moon, has a new one coming out!
Having no doubt been impressed with his previous works, Apollo astronaut Al Worden got Francis to help him out with his memoir, Falling to Earth, which was launched today.
To celebrate the release, as well as the 40th anniversary of Al’s Apollo 15 launch, The Smithsonian Air & Space Museum is hosting a book signing and talk.
If you’re going to be in Washington D.C. on Friday, stop by and say hello to Francis and Al!
The event itself is free.
The book talk with Al Worden will start at 11:00AM EDT. If you’re not able to attend in person, the talk itself will be broadcast over the internet.
Visit the Event Page to access the webcast on Friday or any time before Friday to get the full schedule of events.
And if you like the book, you can head on over to its Facebook page and “Like” the book!
Next up on my list of favorite presentations from the International Space Camp 2011 Opening Ceremony is Singapore.
Teacher Ya Qin Er and students Zhixin Nathanael Wong and Hang Su discuss Singapore’s culture–or lack thereof–as well as why chewing gum is unavailable.
The video used by the Norwegian contingent can be viewed on its own in its entirety, if you want to see it again!
Preceding Norway’s excellent presentation, two students from New Zealand gave a wonderful introduction to their home country, dispelling common myths about New Zealand. They don’t really have Hobbits. Who knew?
Watch below as students Toby Hendy and Lisa Crew inform the audience about Kiwis.
International Space Camp 2011 kicked off today with the opening ceremony.
There were noticeably fewer teams this year, which is certainly unfortunate. But there were some really, really top notch presentations.
Without a doubt though, the best presentation was from Norway.
Teacher Lisa Ellen Thorsen and students Lene Minh Stephansen and Kristian Reed were en route to Huntsville when a misguided Norwegian destroyed large portions of two government buildings with a bomb and shot 85 kids at a summer camp.
Ms. Thorsen makes some remarkable, fantastic comments regarding the whole incident.
And, after a moment of silence, they successfully inject a great deal of levity into the room with a well executed and very funny introduction to their home country.
Best wishes go out to all of Norway. Judging by Lisa’s remarks, the Norwegian people will be just fine in time, despite such sad events.
This weekend will play host to one of my most favorite things at Space Camp: The International Space Camp 2011 Opening Ceremony shall be held this Saturday.
Educators and students from all over the world have arrived or are on their way to Huntsville, Alabama.
And they’re going to have a great week!
This event will also serve as a dual event, as new members shall be inducted into the Space Camp Hall of Fame.
August 26, 2011. 5:30PM CDT. See you there!
