2010
marks the 10th annual Yuri's
Night global celebration as
well as the 29th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle
flight and the 40th anniversary of the famed Apollo
13 mission!
Last
year, the 2009 executive team to expanded the impact of Yuri's
Night by recruiting
and supporting over 200 events in 47 countries around the world. This was the largest
number of events in the history of Yuri's Night!
Other milestones over the past 10 years have included: an
annual Zero G flight raffle in Houston, a massive
hangar party at NASA Ames with over 3.000 people, and more
than 5,000 trees donated by the Yuri 'Plant-a-Tree'
Mission.
This year we
have continued to grow and expand our global events
and are releasing a series of Yuri's Night Global
Podcasts with stories and toasts from celebrities, visionaries,
astronauts, and history-makers. Check out the videos
on iTunes or online.
Find a party near you--or start one of your own!--at YurisNight.net
Celebrate the anniversary of manned spaceflight on April 12!
TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in
1984) as a conference bringing together people from
three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, and Design.
TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share
a TED-like experience. NASA Langley Research Center
in Hampton Roads, VA, hosted an event called TEDxNASA: Space to Create on November 20, 2009. Loretta Whitesides was selected as speaker with her presentation
on "A Foundation for the Next Space Generation".
For more on TEDxNASA, please visit http://tedx-nasa.org.
Space
Generation Congress 2010
"Global
Space Congress for Youth Interested in Tomorrow's Space Issues"
The
Space Generation Congress (SGC) is the annual meeting
of the most active members of the Space Generation Advisory
Council (SGAC) and its projects
and combines work on important projects to the space
community with leadership training.
Interested? Go to
www.ExplorersWanted.com for
more information and to apply to be a delegate.
***The
Space Blitz in Washington, DC, was a
success! ***
The
Space Generation joined the Space
Exploration Alliance at the annual Space Legislative Blitz in Washington, DC. Participants met with Congressional
staffers,
Senators, and Representatives in over 100 offices to discuss space exploration issues.
Members
of the Space Generation made a powerful statement
in support of funding for space exploration and science. Get
more information on other legislative issues from
SGAC or NSS.
SGAC
Representatives
Alan Steinberg is
the representative for the US assisted by Regional Coordinators
Israel Ojeda Coronado and Stephanie Wan.
What is a State Representative? State Representatives
(SRs) are individuals from each UN member state who
are elected by their peers within the youth space community.
The SR represents the views of youth on space issues
from their country to the Space Generation Advisory
Council. The SR will also enhance cooperation, coordination and
communication within the youth and space organizations
existing in their States; coordinate the utilization
of national youth resources, and harness the enthusiasm
and creativity of youth to advance humanity through
the peaceful uses of outer space.
What
is a Regional Coordinator?
Regional Coordinators (RCs) are individuals
elected by the State Representatives (and National Points
of Contact) in their respective Geographic Regions to
the SGAC Executive Committee. There shall be a
total of twelve Regional Representatives, two from each
of the six Geographic Regions of Africa, Asia-
Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America and South
America. The RCs enhance cooperation, coordination
and communication within the
youth and space organizations existing in their region;
coordinate the utilization of regional youth resources,
and harness the enthusiasm
and creativity of youth to advance humanity through the
peaceful uses of outer space.
Space
Generation Congress 2010
SGAC
Representatives