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Brand New Goddard's Lab Cosmo Camp Alumni WINTER 2017 FOR MEMBERS + FRIENDS OF THE COSMOSPHERE Brand New Goddard’s Lab It’s blast-tastic! Newly Renovated Dr. Goddard’s Lab Now Open In 1966, Patty Carey moved her until 1993, when the capacity of star projector from its home the venue was doubled with the in the Poultry Building on the opening of the Walter and Velma Kansas State Fairgrounds to Justice Planetarium. the new Science Building on The original domed Planetarium the corner of the Hutchinson space was remodeled to replicate Community College campus. Dr. Goddard’s Laboratory in Shows continued in that space CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Cosmo Camp Alumni INSIDE THIS Where are they now? Part 1 SPECIAL EDITION From Flight Controllers to Physics Professor: Our Camp Alumni are Pretty Amazing DONORS Each summer the doors of the Cosmosphere open and a flood of energetic, young minds are immersed » Cosmo Camp Alumni: Part 1 in interactive science during a variety of STEM-based learning camps. Last year alone, 958 students participated in Cosmosphere Camps, and while most attend for a few years and move on, some stay connected to the Cosmosphere throughout their educational and career journeys. » New Dr. Goddard’s Lab Here are a few stories of those alumni campers – what inspired them, why they loved Cosmosphere camp » and why they think you should care. We’ll highlight a few alumni with each upcoming newsletter. Stayed tuned! Cosmosphere Corporate Partners » Coffee at the Cosmo with real-world experience— Carly Toder enter Future Astronaut Training and Space Out Saturday Camper: 1999 Program (FATP)*. Counselor: 2003 I attended FATP level one in July » Everything Under the Stars Current Job: Biomedical Flight 1999, having just completed my Photos Controller at Wyle Laboratories freshman year of high school. At that time in my life, and coming When I was 11-years-old, I saw PLUS! from a small town in northern the movie, Apollo 13. Inspired by Wisconsin, I was still unsure as » Scouts, Scouts and the film, I knew at that young to whether or not my dream was age that I wanted a job at NASA. realistic. More Scouts! I also knew that landing my dream job meant getting relevant My most vivid memory of FATP » Welcome, New Members! experience. Subsequently, I was being EXTREMELY nervous looked for opportunities where at being selected Commander I could supplement what I had (CDR) of my team’s mission in » Enroll for already learned about NASA CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 Cosmosphere Camps Now! *FATP was the name of Cosmosphere Camps for several decades. WELCOME NEW COSMOSPHERE MEMBERS! What are the (As of Aug. 9 - Jan. 4, 2017) Kristen Honeycutt William and Laura Murkin benefits of becoming Derek Smith Cristina Nava Chad Palmer Michelle Haffner Juana Silva Trevor Stewart a Cosmosphere Spencer Bowman Bill and Beth Drescher Gerardo Reynoso Byron and Jennifer Harvey Member? Daniela Robledo Steven Nichols Scott and Amanda Pfenninger Wyatt and Kassidy Smith HAVE YOU BEEN THINKING ABOUT BECOMING A Daryl and Katherine Goad Enrique Alvarado Gregory and Elina Spiegel Leticia Arenas COSMOSPHERE MEMBER BUT ARE UNAWARE OF Virgil and Diane Scott Marsha French WHAT MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES? Terry and Mandy Leibold Jared and Here are a few of the perks: Rebecca Wagner Abigail Townsend Susan Reed Richard and • Free entrance into the Hall of Space Museum Drs. Matt and Tami Sigley Andrea Holland • Discounts on tickets to shows & special events Katie Panakos Bryan and Melissa Boutz • Special “Members Only” premiere screenings of new Lillian Owendo Amanda Hunter documentaries Devin Zell and Hollie Journey Paul Hunter Joseph and Emily Cable Lisa Hein • Discounts in the Cargo Bay Gift Store Barbara Hayes David and Shyrell Fish • And more... Brooklyn Hayes David Campbell and For more information on becoming a member of the Don and Adriana Varns Ellyn Mulcahy Cosmosphere, or enrolling your child in the Junior Alan Zwick Daniel and Kaitlyn Boger Astronaut Club, contact our Membership Coordinator Steve and Janet Hummell James Anderson at 620.665.9310 or [email protected]. Marius Worthington Cheryl Walter Eric and Eva Johnson Angela Madrid DISCOVER MORE AT COSMO.ORG/MEMBERSHIP Rodd and Andrea Fuller Eric and Heather Cenatiempo Cosmosphere Corporate Partners See more about our Corporate Partnerships at cosmo.org/get-involved/corporate-partnership EXECUTIVE STAFF: KELSEY OCELLO SUPPORT/DONATE Executive Assistant / VOLUNTEER DICK HOLLOWELL Membership Coordinator The Cosmosphere would not Chief Executive Officer Cosmosphere volunteers exist without the incredible For membership information are an integral part of contact Kelsey at generosity of passionate JIM REMAR the organization’s daily [email protected] or supporters like you. Please President and operations. Without 620.665.9310 consider the Cosmosphere in Chief Operating Officer volunteers, the Cosmosphere your annual giving and estate would be unable to conduct planning. STEVEN BIRDSALL LAYOUT & DESIGN the wide variety of programs Chief Financial Officer Michele McCartney and services now offered. Contact Mimi Meredith, Creative Design Manager Vice President of Development, TRACEY TOMME For more information at 620.665.9339 or Vice President of Education CREATIVE WRITER on volunteering at the [email protected] to learn more Carla Stanfield Cosmosphere, contact about how your contribution MIMI MEREDITH Public Relations Coordinator our Volunteer Liaison at of any size can help the Vice President of 620.665.9340 or Cosmosphere grow and thrive. Development and Marketing [email protected]. 2 « cosmo.org Brand New Goddard’s Lab CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 New Mexico and served as a to see the Cosmosphere, and Dr. that would make more sense for “I want to give special credit to science demonstration area. Goddard’s Lab provides exactly the experiments that would be Todd and Zach from All American Public presentations gave visitors the kind of teaching experience performed there. Electric who engineered the blast and students new insight into they valued. They would have screen and edge lit elements and “I wanted the viewer experience the science that led to modern loved watching their great spent all night placing the fiber to be magical from the moment rocketry. grandchildren and friends enjoy optic stars one by one in the they entered the space. With the the show.” night sky,” Hardenburger said. Fast forward 50 years. The new starry sky and “They brought the magic to the Justice Planetarium underwent The goal for luminous moon, space.” a complete renovation and the space was “The it almost feels as technological upgrade in the to highlight Cosmosphere if you are sitting spring of 2015 as part of the the historical is a wonderful out in the New Cosmosphere’s Revitalization significance of Mexico dessert at plan and great things were also the work of Dr. place—a treasure night peeking in ahead for Dr. Goddard’s Lab. Robert Goddard, for Kansas...” on Dr. Goddard’s considered by workroom,” she Jeff and Rhonda Turner made – Jeff Turner many to be one added. the gift for the Goddard’s Lab of the fathers of remodel in memory of Jeff’s The lab space modern rocketry, while creating parents, John and Billie Turner reopened for shows in late a space with modern amenities of Wichita. Jeff, former CEO of October, but Hardenburger and and technology such as video Spirit AeroSystems, remembered the crew from Nunns worked simulcasts for school outreach. visiting the Planetarium in for three additional weeks on To accomplish the task, the Hutchinson with his parents. The finishing touches. Cosmosphere turned to designer Turner family and friends had a Becca Hardenburger of Salt private dedication event of the Creek Interior Design, LLC and John and Billie Turner Goddard’s Nunns Construction. Lab on November 26th, which would have been John Turner’s “While we were limited on space, 95th birthday. The elder Turner I wanted to make the exhibit died in March of last year. look more historically correct, trying to give the feeling of “The Cosmosphere is a wonderful that original Los Alamos lab place—a treasure for Kansas,” Jeff and artifact it with items he Turner said. “It offers a chance may have actually had in his for visitors, and particularly kids, workshop,” Hardenburger said. to connect with the past and “With the historic backdrop in understand the promise of the place, we also wanted to bring future of space. My Mom and Dad new technology and use finishes loved to bring family and friends UPDATES INCLUDED IN THE DR. GODDARD LAB RENOVATION: • All lighting, including color changing LED lights overhead and blue lighting under the benches -- adding more layers of ambiance to the space • Scorch resistant materials -- as fire is an important component of the show • Retractable blast screen • Midnight blue textured wall covering • Fiber optic “Starry” sky • Luminous moon • IP cameras • New sound system • New AV • Fully automated presentation sequencing • Wall graphics depicting Goddard’s mathematic equations • New flooring with a lunarscape pattern DR. GODDARD’S LAB SHOWTIMES Monday–Saturday: 12 pm & 3 pm Top: Ben Nuest, Dr. Goddard’s Lab Presenter, ignites a large cotton ball soaked Sunday: 2 pm & 3 pm in liquid oxygen. Bottom: Family and friends of John Turner gather for the dedication of the newly renovated Dr. Goddard’s Lab. cosmo.org » 3 4 « cosmo.org Thank you to all who helped celebrate the vision of Cosmosphere Founder, Patty Carey! See you August 26, 2017! cosmo.org » 5 Cosmo Camp Alumni CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Station (ISS) happy and healthy. In Mission Control there is no typical space shuttle Falcon. I had no confidence the day. Sometimes my work involves routine things like planning the mission would succeed. crew’s timelines or answering questions from the astronauts about our At FATP we would occasionally activities. Other times the crew needs to know where to find things watch NASA TV.
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