Tag Archives: NASA

The Mars Czar

Posted on November 20, 2012 by admin

When Orlando Figueroa was a child in Puerto Rico, the early years of the space race captured his imagination, and he wondered what it would be like to travel into space. After achieving multiple degrees in mechanical engineering in Puerto … Continue reading →

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Museum Staff Member Goes to Space Camp

Posted on August 30, 2012 by admin

The thought of Space Camp conjures up images of simulated missions on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, bulky NASA flight suits, and trying to concentrate while strapped in the multi-axis astronaut training chair, which spins you in … Continue reading →

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Digital WAVE – Family, Friends, and Cake

Posted on June 13, 2012 by admin

At the end of every Digital WAVE session, we celebrate the students’ accomplishment with students, Museum staff, invited families and friends … and of course, chocolate cake! At our recent Family Event at the end of this year’s spring session, students presented the … Continue reading →

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Hydroponics: Growing Plants without Soil

Posted on April 16, 2012 by admin

You never know what you may find at the Museum. Outside in the Wildlife Center, you will see what looks to be a garden. But if you take a closer look, you will see cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, chives, lettuce, and … Continue reading →

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Watching the Earth Breathe

Posted on March 15, 2012 by admin

Dr. Annmarie Eldering works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. She recently met with students in the Digital WAVE program, to tell them about her job and what inspired her to follow her career path. That career path … Continue reading →

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Visiting the Astronaut Hall of Fame

Posted on February 8, 2012 by admin

Just a couple hour drive north of the Miami Science Museum is one of the most iconic places in the U.S. Space Program – NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where shuttles and rockets have been launched into space since the 1960s. … Continue reading →

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Carbon Dioxide: The Missing Link

Posted on October 10, 2011 by admin

When a NASA scientist meets high school students, you may automatically think that it is always the NASA scientist that would be teaching the students. But at the Museum’s Digital WAVE: Warming Winds and Water program, the scientist taught the … Continue reading →

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Out of This World Viewing Event at MiaSci

Posted on July 15, 2011 by admin

History was made on July 8th as NASA launched its last space shuttle ever. Over 400 visitors and MiaSci summer camp attendees gathered in the Museum’s Planetarium and Theater to watch Atlantis blast off from Kennedy Space Center on Friday. … Continue reading →

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Avatar Meets Superman

Posted on May 21, 2011 by admin

Astronaut Leland Melvin’s avatar prepares to meet with Students in Second Life. Leland D. Melvin, NASA Associate Administrator for Education, will meet and talk with museum-mentored high school students in a computer-generated, 3-D environment created by students on the Miami … Continue reading →

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