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Summer Solstice Success
A warm (really a hot) evening, a clear sky, newly-minted telescopes, and an artifact from NASA’s Space Shuttle Mission-113 brought interested individuals and families to the A Time for Science Learning Center and the Bray Hollow Nature Conservancy for the first annual Summer Solstice Party. Thanks to the assistance from student volunteers from DH Conley High School, St. Gabriel’s Youth Group and elsewhere, this Solstice Party offered some heavenly sights and interesting experiences for all. Although a bright moon and a partly cloudy sky precluded the planned sky show, lunar and planetary viewings were excellent. Many of Pitt Community College’s newly-minted (AST-251) astronomers were able to show off their creations to large group of interested audience.
One highlight of the evening was the nose wheel nose-wheel tire that went into space and back on the Space Shuttle Endeavour, Mission STS-113. Visitors were able to touch, feel and explore many aspects of this tire which is on loan from NASA and the Eastern NC Regional Science Center, Inc. (DBA Go-Science). Answers to questions about the tire, posed to our “Tire Hostess,” will, in time, be posted here at the website.
Two reminders for all: 1.) The Shuttle tire will remain for several more months at the ATFS Center for all visitors to see. And 2.) Be sure to mark your calendars and save the date for our Fall Equinox Party in three more months.
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