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!

Space Oddity, as performed by Chris Hadfield ON the International Space Station

Seen this yet? No? Watch it. Now. 

You have? Enjoy again! It makes me smile every time.

Astronaut, Commander Chris Hadfield, filmed this rendition of "Space Oddity" (with the permission of David Bowie) while he was in space, on the International Space Station, on May 12, 2013.

He has
-2 shuttle missions
 Mission Specialist 1 on STS-74, Mission Specialist 1 on STS-100,
- In May 2010, Hadfield served as the commander of the NEEMO 14 mission aboard the Aquarius underwater laboratory, living and working underwater for fourteen days.^[8][9] NASA announced in 2010 that Hadfield would become the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station, leading Expedition 35 after its launch on 19 December 2012.^[10] His craft docked with the station on 21 December. He remained on the station for five months, transferring control to Pavel Vinogradov and departing on 13 May 2013.^[11] Hadfield is enthusiastic about the prospects for a manned mission to Mars, and when asked if he would consider a one-way journey to Mars to be the first to visit, he said "I would be honoured to be given the opportunity.


We at Quest feel that this is one of the most amazing things we've seen all week ; )

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