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NASA In-flight Education Downlink

Visit Our Event Campaign Page   Connecting Kids with Astronauts Through Libraries The High Plains Library District, in collaboration with the Space Science Institute’s STAR Library Network (STAR Net) and its NASA@ My Library initiative, was selected by NASA to host a live In-flight Education Downlink  from the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor. The event will be streamed live nationally so that other public libraries can organize their own viewing event. Learn more! Date: October 18, 2018 | Time Range: 10:00am-10:20pm MT* Location: Riverside Library & Cultural Center in Evans, Colorado

Out-of-this-World Engineering

Watch Recorded Webinar View Presentation Slides Out-of-this-World Engineering Space isn’t just for scientists – it’s also for engineers! Join STAR Net as we take a look at some of the newest activities on the STEM Activity Clearinghouse that feature engineering design challenges with a space science theme. As we create rockets and rovers, we’ll be following the engineering design process: think, build, test, and do it again. Come and learn how you can make your 2018 and 2019 STEM programs blast off!

Join an International Lunar Celebration

Watch Recorded Webinar View Presentation Slides Join an International Lunar Celebration International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) is a worldwide, public celebration of lunar science and exploration held annually since 2010. Tens of thousands of people participate each year, from 98 countries and 49 U.S. states (and counting!). On October 20th, your library is invited to join this world-wide celebration by hosting an InOMN event on one day each year to look at and learn about our Moon together. Join the STAR Net team and Vivian White of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) and NASA’s Night Sky Network (NSN) [...]