Allison Pope is a 7th grader at Patton Middle School. She submitted the following entry to the Museum’s ISS Downlink contest in order to win a seat at the question and answer session with astronauts on Jan. 19. The International Space Station is a major and complicated advance in human technology. Some of the largest challenges astronauts face on the International Space Station, I believe, are everyday activities such as eating, sleeping and bathing. In micro-gravity things can get challenging.…
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By Kasey Richter, Director of PR and Marketing While aboard the International Space Station, astronaut crews participate in live, in-flight education downlinks. Downlinks are approximately 20 minutes in length and provide students and educators the opportunity to interact with crew members aboard the ISS through a question and answer session. This past spring, the Museum and the McMinnville School District technology department submitted a proposal to NASA to host an ISS downlink. It was approved in September and confirmed for…
By Kasey Richter, Director of PR and Marketing Today is a special day for the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum. It was on this day, 63 years ago, that our beloved Spruce Goose flew nearly a mile at an elevation of 70 feet in the Long Beach Harbor. It was a moment that Howard Hughes had dreamed about; a moment where he proved all of his skeptics and critics wrong. Our Museum can relate to that moment. It was nearly…
By Amy Quick, Director of Membership This Saturday is our last Star Party of the season, and it’s usually one of our most popular ones! This particular partywill focus on its namesake – Stars. Written below are some tidbits of what you’ll hear about on Saturday at the Museum: Most stars are between 1 billion and 10 billion years old. Some stars may even be close to 13.7 billion years old—the observed age of the universe. The oldest star discovered,…
By Landon Tucker Graham and Paige Carlson, CAP cadets The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is hosting the 3rd annual Michael King Smith Business Academy for the Civil Air Patrol. CAP is the official auxillary of the U.S. Air Force, and is aimed toward young adults. This week at the Museum, we are learning about Evergreen Aviation and aviation business, and how to practice business in an ethical manner. Here are a few photos from the first half of our…
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