Posted by Jesse Clark in Chapter Updates on May 27, 2010
Ford Building Constructed for 1935 World’s Fair
The San Diego Air & Space Museum celebrates the 75th anniversary of one of San Diego’s most distinctive and beloved icons on Saturday, May 29th. From its dramatic hillside location overlooking the city, the historic Ford Building’s beautiful architecture makes it instantly recognizable to millions of visitors. Since 1980, the Ford Building, located in Balboa Park, has been home to the San Diego Air & Space Museum.
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of this unique structure, the Museum is opening a special exhibition, Wheels to Wings, on May 29th, 2010. The exhibit will showcase memorabilia and photos from the 1935 Expo. To chronicle the changing role of the Ford Building, the Museum has developed an online exhibit at http://sandiegoairandspace.org/exhibits/online_exhibits.php and published a new book, Wheels to Wings: San Diego’s Ford Building, offered for sale in the Museum store.
Posted by Jesse Clark in Calendar on May 27, 2010
Sun, Jun 6, 2010
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Location:
Columbia Memorial Space Center
12400 Columbia Way, Downey, CA 90242
It’s time for the start of the SD Space Summer Field Trips. We’ll first be visiting the new Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey California from 12pm – 4pm (departing San Diego at 9am) and having lunch before we arrive at the Center.
Additional summer trips/tours include a behind-the-scenes Palomar Observatory astronomy tour, the historic Mount Wilson Observatory summer tour, a return to SpaceX and hopefully Orbital Outfitters is being planned and we’ll finish out the summer with a Mojave Spaceport (think XCOR, Masten Space Systems, etc) tour.
The Columbia Memorial Space Center is a unique space science learning center located in Downey, California. Focusing on engineering, technology and science, it’s goal is to teach young people about space exploration and aviation with fun, hands-on experiences.
The Space Center features an interactive Robotics Lab, a state-of-the-art Magic Planet exhibit, a two-story Rocket Launcher, and L.A.’s only Challenger Learning Center for simulated space missions. You can even land the Space Shuttle, explore the Earth from Space, plan a trip to Mars and make your own solar system at one of our computers.
Please RSVP, as space is limited.
Posted by Jesse Clark in Calendar, Contests, Events, Junior Explorers on May 27, 2010
Sun, Jul 11, 2010
10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location:
Morley Field (map)
Texas St and J St, San Diego, CA
**Note New Time**
We’re celebrating the anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing with rocket launches and a picnic lunch. Bring your own lunch and blanket; we’ll provide a launch pad and help you turn soda bottles and paper into awesome water and air rockets. We will also have member’s model rocket projects on display – from our DART Rocketry participation.
We’ll choose a picnic spot at the north end of Morley Field. Park in the lot near Texas and J St and look for the SD Space tent canopy. Email events@sdspace.org if you have any questions, or if you have empty 2-liter soda bottles to donate to the event.
Afterward, join us for the July Program Meeting – Tom Swift in Space.
Posted by Jesse Clark in Calendar on May 25, 2010
Sun, Jun 27, 2010
5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Location:
Studio 106
2323 Broadway, San Diego CA 92102
SDSpace presents a double feature with two Apollo films “Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon” (2007) 40 minutes and “In the Shadow of the Moon” (2008) 110 minute.
“Magnificent Desolation” Only 12 have walked on the moon. You’re next! Presented and narrated by Tom Hanks, Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon is an IMAX documentary film that transports the viewer to lunar surface, where they can walk alongside the 12 extraordinary astronauts who have been there, experiencing what they saw, heard, and felt.
In the Shadow of the Moon is an intimate epic, which vividly communicates the daring and the danger, the pride and the passion, of this extraordinary era in American history. Between 1968 and 1972, the world watched in awe each time an American spacecraft voyaged to the Moon. Only 12 American men walked upon its surface and they remain the only human beings to have stood on another world. Now for the first, and very possibly the last, time, IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON combines archival material from the original NASA film footage, much of it never before seen, with interviews with the surviving astronauts, including Jim Lovell (Apollo 8 and 13), Dave Scott (Apollo 9 and 15), John Young (Apollo 10 and 16), Gene Cernan (Apollo 10 and 17), Mike Collins (Apollo 11), Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11), Alan Bean (Apollo 12), Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14), Charlie Duke (Apollo 16) and Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17). The astronauts emerge as eloquent, witty, emotional and very human.
Admission is FREE, and popcorn is provided (you can bring snacks or drinks to share).
Please RSVP, as seating is limited.
Posted by Jesse Clark in Calendar, Events on May 22, 2010
Wed, May 26, 2010
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location:
Ritual Tavern (map)
4095 30th St., San Diego, CA 92104
Breathable atmosphere? Check. SD Space t-shirts? Check. Beer? Check. Good Conversation? Well, we need your help with that last one. Join members of SD Space and fellow space enthusiasts/advocates at Ritual Tavern for a night of relaxed fun talking about space exploration news, our future in space, and anything else that comes to mind.
Don’t worry if you can’t make it this time; there will be another one in a few weeks—location and date to be announced here. No need to RSVP, either; just stop on by and look for the space geeks table. SD Space members will be wearing their t-shirts for easy identification. See you there!
