Visions of the Furure
Posted by Jesse Clark in Contests, Emporium, Events, Fundraising, Projects on May 3, 2012
Email spacewalk@sandiegospace.org for submission guidelines and here for further details.
Yuri’s Night 2012 – San Diego
Posted by Jesse Clark in Calendar, Contests, Education, Emporium, Events on February 25, 2012
Thu, Apr 12, 2012
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Space Travelers Emporium (map)
1947 30th St. San Diego, CA 92102
San Diego Space Society is once again celebrating Yuri’s Night – World Space Party.
What is Yuri’s Night you ask?
Yuri’s Night is an annual worldwide effort to engage a new generation in the passion and excitement of space. On April 12th, 1961, Yuri Gargarin launched on a 108-minute flight around the Earth, a mission that marked the beginning of human exploration of space. This pioneering effort is honored with an event that bridges continents and countries, and challenges a generation to create a positive vision for the future of humanity. Yuri’s Night 2012 both marks the 51st anniversary of this historic occasion and celebrates modern space landmarks – from the launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule to the ISS, to the Discovery of Earth sized planets around far away stars. Check out other Yuri’s Night events around the globe.
Our Yuri’s Night festivities will include space music, video clips from “First Orbit – the movie” and other space history videos, Space Jeopardy WITH prizes, and food, beer and wine.
First Orbit is a real time recreation of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering first orbit with new footage shot from the ISS combined with the original mission audio and set to a new musical score by Philip Sheppard.
Anyone in a space costume will be awarded a t-shirt of their choice. For those of you not so inclined can still get into the spirit by getting their picture taken as Sputnik!
So join us for an evening of space history, food and games as we celebrate the start of humanities first venture into space. Sign-up below!
Email yurisnight@sdspace.org for additional questions.
Space Poll
Posted by Jesse Clark in Contests on December 29, 2011
Poll results will be announced at SpaceUp San Diego.
Win a Trip to Space!
Posted by Jesse Clark in Contests on August 4, 2011
Can’t afford a trip to space but always wanted to go? Well, this may be just the ticket for you!
Space Needle is partnering with Space Adventures to sponsor a sweepstakes where you will have the opportunity to be one of the first people to soar into suborbital space to see the curvature of the earth and the blackness of Space.
Why is the Space Needle sending someone to space?
Seattle’s iconic Space Needle will be sending someone from the general public into space through our Space Race 2012 program. This mission is in celebration of the Space Needle’s 50th Anniversary – built in 1962 for the World’s Fair, its creation marked the beginning of the original space race that put man on the moon. That chapter has drawn to a close – the era of government-run space travel ended with the final shuttle mission. Now an exciting new chapter is being written, one driven by entrepreneurism that is creating democratized space travel that will ultimately be available to all mankind.
The Space Race 2012 program will run over the next 18 months with a sweepstakes for great prizes, followed by a competition that will determine the winner of the trip to space.
August 1, 2011
Sweepstakes begins
November 30, 2011
Enter by this date for a chance to be one of the 1,000 people that compete for a trip to space.
December 29, 2011
Sweepstakes ends
December 1, 2011
The Space Race 2012 Competition begins!
Click here to learn more about the competition to win the trip to space.
Win your own piece of Mars
Posted by Jesse Clark in Contests on May 20, 2011
A prize that is out of this world…
New Scientist Magazine will offer one lucky winner their very own piece of Mars! All you have to do is tell them in no more than 140 characters what you think the first person to set foot on Mars should say.
There will also be great prizes for 9 runners up who will each win a copy of Colin Pillinger’s autobiography ‘My Life On Mars’ and a Beagle 2 mug.
What would you say if you landed on Mars?
Everyone is familiar with the words relayed by Neil Armstrong when he stepped off Apollo 11’s lunar module and onto the moon itself: “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” New Scientist is looking for something even more memorable or funnier that you think the first man or woman to set foot on Mars should say.
Enter here!
