The NASA Visitors' Center for the Glenn Research Center is sited within the Great Lakes Science Center, which is located along the Downtown Cleveland Lake Erie waterfront (North Coast Harbor), between the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame and the Cleveland Browns National Football League Stadium. The NASA Visitors' Center sponsored a huge public viewing event of the 2024 April 8 Total Solar Eclipse on the south side of the Great Lakes Science Center.
Post-Totality Photographs (Solar Eclipse ended in Cleveland at 4:29:00 p.m. EDT / 20:29:00 UTC; duration of entire Solar Eclipse: 2 hours, 30 minutes) ---
Photographs of the Outdoor Educational Exhibits
Sponsored by the NASA Glenn Research Center, NASA Visitors' Center,
at the Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland
NASA Village & Vicinity ---
NASA Village Tents with the Great Lakes Science Center in the background:
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Spaceman at Great Lakes Science Center entrance (1)
Cleveland Clinic Dome Theater (Omnimax theater), adjacent to entrance to Great Lakes Science Center, with the Cleveland Browns National Football League Stadium in the background:
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NASA Village Plaza, with the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame nearby:
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NASA Village Plaza, with Downtown Cleveland Skyline in background (7)
Photographs: NASA Models & Exhibits Regarding the Artemis Program - Orion Command Module Spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) Rocket, and Lunar Gateway Space Station ---
Orion Command Module Spacecraft (7)
(Also see:
Poster)
Space Launch System (STS) Rocket (7)
Lunar Gateway Space Station with Orion spacecraft docked at Station (7)
Power and Propulsion Element for Lunar Gateway Space Station (1)
(Also see:
Poster)
KRUSTY: Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling TechnologY (experimental nuclear reactor for Outer Space applications):
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"The Heartbeat of Deep Space Communications":
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Close-up View (1)
Lunar Crater (children's activity) (7)
NASA Lunar Quick Resources & Web-sites:
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LROC: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (7)
Apollo Lunar Rover Wheel --- Full-scale replica of an Apollo-era lunar rover wheel (in 1971, Apollo 15 was the first mission to use a lunar rover on the Moon, with astronauts Dave Scott and Pittsburgh native James Irwin):
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NASA VIPER Moon Rover --- Full-scale model of the NASA VIPER Rover (which will be launched on the Griffin Lander produced by Pittsburgh's Astrobotic Technology, Inc.) which will soon be sent to the Moon to search for ice and other resources near the lunar South Pole:
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Friends of the Zeiss members pictured in front of NASA VIPER Rover Full-scale Model (left to right: Lynne S. Walsh, Glenn A. Walsh, Jim McKee)
* Photograph of the Waxing Crescent Moon --- This photograph among others, taken in the 1980s using the
historic 10-inch Siderostat-type Refractor Telescope at Pittsburgh's original
Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science / Buhl Science Center, was used in a national research project to better map the area near the Moon's South Pole. (Image Source: Friends of the Zeiss, (5) Photographer: Francis G. Graham, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Kent State University)
Spaceman in Spacesuit, at entrance to Great Lakes Science Center:
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Meet & Greet with NASA Astronaut Stephen Bowen and with famous Peanuts beagle Snoopy ---
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NASA Astronaut Stephen Bowen & Snoopy (7)
[Also see: Street Art Memorial to Peanuts' Creator Charles M. Schulz, on Boulevard of the Allies at Stanwix Street outside the former Western Pennsylvania Headquarters of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania in Downtown Pittsburgh's Gateway Center - Snoopy and Woodstock on top of Snoopy's Doghouse:
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NASA Astronaut Stephen Bowen with members of Friends of the Zeiss (left to right: Glenn A. Walsh, NASA Astronaut Stephen Bowen, Jim McKee, Lynne S. Walsh)
Author Glenn A. Walsh next to NASA signs:
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2024 Solar Eclipse Commemorative T-Shirt --- Many people at the NASA event were wearing a 2024 Solar Eclipse T-Shirt, most of which were purchased from the Great Lakes Science Center or another vendor. However, some 2024 Solar Eclipse T-Shirts were provided, free-of-charge (along with a free-of-charge pair of Solar Eclipse Glasses), to blood donors who had donated blood from 2024 March 3 to 16 at a non-profit Vitalant Blood Donation Center. The following are photographs of the Vitalant 2024 Solar Eclipse T- Shirt received by the author, Glenn A. Walsh:
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Photos of Vitalant Solar Eclipse Glasses Given Free-of-Charge to Blood Donors:
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(Photo of NASA Solar Eclipse Glasses)
NASA Free Give-aways: ---
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NASA Solar Eclipse Glasses (8)
(Photos of Vitalant Solar Eclipse Glasses)
* NASA Posters - Artemis II Orion Crew:
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Lunar Gateway Space Station Power and Propulsion Element (8)
* NASA Backpack:
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* NASA Paper Shopping Bag:
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Educational Trailer "Journey to Tomorrow"
[Images Source: Friends of the Zeiss, (1) Photographer: Pittsburgh-area Free-Lance Photographer Lynne S. Walsh]
NASA Glenn Research Center 53-foot Educational Traveling Exhibit Trailer: a Moon rock collected by Apollo astronauts. As described on the NASA web-site, this traveling exhibit includes: “Improving Today’s Flight, NASA Home and City which highlights spinoff products created from NASA’s research programs, Sci-Fi vs. Science Fact, Brain Bites that explain common questions people have about air and space travel, a lunar landing simulator, and Dynamic Planet, a hands-on interactive that allows you to explore the Earth, Sun, and Solar System. Additional workstations include glove-box activities, a planetary gravity demonstrator, and a solar system scale where visitors can find out how much they would weigh on the moon and each of the planets. A display case features models that keep the learning in three dimensions.”
Exhibit Entrance:
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Exhibit Exit
How old would you be on another planet?
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Model: Curiosity Rover on Mars:
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Artemis Mission to the Moon:
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New Space Suits:
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Planet Gravity Comparisons
Graphic: First Woman on the Moon
Science Fiction or Science Fact?
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Moon Rock Collected by Apollo Astronauts (1969 to 1972):
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Other NASA Moon Rock Exhibits)
Lunar Rover
Crater on the Moon
World Premiere of Omnimax Documentary Film: "Small Town Universe"
At the end of the event and when the Great Lakes Science Center was closing at 5:00 p.m. EDT / 21:00 UTC, one more event for people interested in astronomy occurred in the Science Center's Cleveland Clinic Dome Theater (Omnimax theater)
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The following are photographs of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory taken in July of 1974. These photographs were taken during a tour of the facility by
The Radio Group members from
Camp Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca, a Summer camp for boys and girls which was then located near White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia:
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