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SUMMARY:Celebrate John Glenn’s historic trip around the Earth with an egg drop at New Mexico Museum of Space History on Feb. 28
DESCRIPTION:What: Astronaut John Glenn orbited the Earth in February of 1962. Celebrate that event with the John Glenn Egg Drop at the New Mexico Museum of Space History. \nWhen: Saturday\, February 28\, 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. \nWhy: After orbiting the planet\, John Glenn’s Friendship 7 capsule plummeted back to Earth\, but it was engineered to protect him from the life-threatening impact when it landed. During this Science Saturday\, NMMSH will explore ways engineers and scientists create space capsules to protect astronauts like John Glenn as they return from their historic journeys to space. Using an egg as your John Glenn stand-in and various materials like aluminum cans\, cardboard tubes\, plastic bags\, paper\, cotton balls\, tape\, and string\, create a Friendship 7 capsule to safely help your John Glenn return to Earth. Alamogordo firemen will take our John Glenn Eggstronauts up their ladders and drop them down from “space” so we can see if they survive their journey back to Earth! Will your John Glenn Eggstronaut survive? Or will you be eggsasperated? \nWhere: New Mexico Museum of Space History\, 3198 State Road 2001\, Alamogordo\, NM. \nThe New Mexico Museum of Space History’s Science Saturday is held held on the last Saturday of the month from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the New Horizons Dome Theater & Planetarium.Science Saturday is included with Museum admission. For more information\, call 575-437-2840 or visit www.nmspacemuseum.org. Like us at www.facebook.com/NMSpaceMuseum/.
URL:https://nmspacemuseum.org/event/celebrate-john-glenns-historic-trip-around-the-earth-with-an-egg-drop-at-new-mexico-museum-of-space-history-on-feb-28/
LOCATION:New Mexico Museum of Space History\, 3198 State Rd. 2001\, Alamogordo\, NM\, 88310\, United States
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