Space Educators' Handbook Page of the Week
The following files are past page of the week Space Educators' Handbook selections.
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February 8, 1998: Lunar Feather Drop Page
February 15, 1998: Historic U.S. Space Stamps
February 22, 1998: Space Stations in Science Fiction
March 1, 1998: Newspaper Claims Moon Landing a Hoax!
March 8, 1998: Build Neil Armstrong's Eagle with plans found here!
March 15, 1998: Examine historic space periodicals to relive space history.
March 22, 1998: Read Jules Verne's amazing (1860s) predictions concerning landing on the Moon.
March 29, 1998: What space technology errors appear in this science fiction cover art?
April 5, 1998: Read how NASA technology assisted in investigating the Shroud of Turin.
April 12, 1998: Is this accurate with respect to the Sun's illumination of the Earth and the Moon?
April 19, 1998: Twenty-eight years ago, this past week NASA rescued the stranded Apollo 13 Mission.
April 26, 1998: Can NASA technology help a golf ball travel farther?
Movie of First Golf Shot on the Moon (179K)
May 3, 1998: Will an asteroid collide with Earth in year 2028?
May 10, 1998: Click here for a NASA Space Coloring Book on-line.
May 17, 1998: What is wrong with the comic book space station/shuttle pictures?
May 24, 1998: What famous comic strip characters traveled to the Moon?
May 31, 1998: What is a space ark in science fiction literature? What is its purpose?
June 7, 1998: Read how NASA technology helps to keep snow ski boots warm.Click here.
June 14, 1998: What was "Dyna-soar?" Candidate answers:
1) A remote
investigation with satellite sensors to uncover prehistoric animal bones in Central America.
2) A novel whirling aerodynamic toy of the early 1960s.
3) None of the above.
Click
here for the answer.
June 21, 1998: Compare the Apollo astronauts' Moon car to an Earth car
by clicking here. Note: Play the video of the
Moon car operating on the Moon before making a comparison of the two types of
cars.
June 28, 1998: Sometime in the future the space station Mir will descend to Earth. Read about the
descent of Skylab in 1979 by clicking here.
July 5, 1998: Read about the Johnson Space Center "carpool to the Moon" by clicking
here.
July 12, 1998: Read about plans to put humans on Mars.
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