Podcaster: Nicole Gugliucci, Pamela Gay, Matthew Francis, Tim Bailey
Title: Learning Space : Yuri’s Night
Organization: CosmoQuest ;
Link : Check out all the fun at http://yurisnight.net/
CosmoQuest classes starting this month: http://cosmoquest.org/Classes
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You can watch the video in: http://youtu.be/smEYGEsqrLo
This podcast has been aired in live hangout on April 3rd, 2013.
Description: Yuri’s Night, a world-wide celebration of human spaceflight. What is Yuri’s Night? How can you get involved? Join us to find out more!
Today’s sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” is sponsored by — Heather and Greg Thorwald on behalf of the 60 Minutes in Space monthly program at The Denver Museum of Nature & Science or you can go behind the stories in space science using the best images and animations available to help understand new development. learn more in www.dmns.org
Bio: Nicole Gugliucci is a postdoctoral astronomer and educator with CosmoQuest. Now at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, she did her PhD in astronomy at the University of Virginia and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and hugs just about every radio telescope she can find.
Dr. Pamela Gay is a professor at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.
Tim Bailey has almost a decade of experience working on both the engineering and customer service aspects of parabolic flight. He has spent over 40 hours weightless across more than 200 flights. Tim has worked with numerous research customers including NASA’s Reduced Gravity Office and facilitated custom entertainment filming including segments for The Apprentice, The Biggest Loser, The Mythbusters, and Good Morning America. In addition to his parabolic experience, he also co-hosted a space podcast with Emmy-award-winning producer George Schellenger and helped pioneer live HD launch coverage from the Kennedy Space Center at Spacevidcast.com. Tim is an occasional writer for the GeekDad blog on WIRED.com and on the Board of Directors for Yuri’s Night, the worldwide annual celebration of human spaceflight.
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