World Space Day! (May 6!!!)

International Space Day, now celebrated on the first Friday in May, was started in 2001 by astronaut (and senator) John Glenn. It was developed from the popularity of the National (US) Space Day created by Lockheed Martin for a one day event in 1997.

On May 5, 1961, Commander Alan Shepard Jr. became the first America astronaut to be launched into space, aboard Freedom 7 (space capsule). The flight, suborbital, lasted 15 minutes and traveled to a height of 116 miles.
 On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut, was the first man launched in to space and safely returned!

Stay tuned for World Space Week in October! 

Many museums hold Space Day celebrations:
Smithsonian International Air and Space Museum
Seattle Museum of Flight
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
 Maine Space Grant Consortium Space Day Celebration
World Space Day on FB

QuestX’s Calendar of Science, Nature, and Other ...

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Quest^X’s Calendar of Science, Nature, and Other 

Important Days/Weeks/Months of Note

The interactive calendar ^ (which can also be found through our web site on the Quest^X home page) let's you see what is special about *today* or look up other days/ weeks/ months for science, nature, and otter celebrations!  ; )


A few days of Note coming up:
April 29 ~ National Arbor Day 
April 24-30 ~ World Immunization Week
May 6 ~ Space Day
May 14 ~ World Migratory Bird Day
May 22 ~ International Day for BioDiversity 
May 23 ~ World Thinking Day!

Mason Bees emerging! (includes video)

Finally! The mason bees are emerging from their house!

This morning dawned cloudless and cold (heavy frost last night), but the sun immediately started warming the mason bee house and the bees started emerging.

The video (bottom) shows 3 bees emerging from one cell.

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