Tag: space travel
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NYC’s AMNH: Afternoon Travel to Cuba, Ancient Peru and the Stars!
Founded in 1869, NYC’s American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is easily one of the greatest institutions in the world. Located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, this museum includes 45 permanent exhibition halls filled with scientific, educational, and cultural treasures as well the Hayden Planetarium and New York State’s official memorial to Theodore Roosevelt. I’ve enjoyed learning so…
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Space Exploration: Lester Gerhardt’s Fascinating Insider’s View
Space exploration has always been an exciting subject, but this topic has recently become even more popularized by Andy Weir’s best-selling book and the subsequent award winning movie, The Martian. Set in the near future, it tells the tale of Mark Watney, an intrepid astronaut who is reasonably left for dead by his colleagues during an exploration of Mars. Through his own Robinson…
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Kennedy Space Center: U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame and New Visitor Attraction
On the eve of the 2015 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame® induction , Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex broke ground on a new attraction designed to bridge the gap between the trailblazers of the past and America’s future space explorers. On Friday, May 29, the Visitor Complex announced plans for Heroes and Legends, featuring…
Travel Gal Kim Swidler 