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SAS at Weston Park Museum this summer
Space Age: Design, Exploration & Popular Culture Weston Park Museum website. 2008-03-30 Famous Astronaut visits Yorkshire
Who's that bloke shaking President Steve's hand?
A once in a lifetime opportunity presented itself in Pontefract when Dr Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin visited a secondary school there to give a talk about his life and trip to the Moon in Apollo 11. Three SAS members attended and enjoyed the evening immensely, especially when they each got a chance to shake his hand. A dream come true!
AstroDay 2008
AstroDay 2008 8th of March at Tapton School, Sheffield and was a resounding success. There were over 300 visitors during the day and everyone had a great time as can been seen from some of the comments in the Visitors Book :
We've had a great afternoon - lots to do. All very well thought out and interesting
- Barganski family
Interesting, well organised, stimulating, fun
- A. Mathur
Fun creative day and the kids really enjoyed it
- Kiely family
We have already been booked for 2009 so watch this space !!!
2008-01-18 Laptop donation
The society has been donated a laptop for use with its CCD and webcam equipment by solicitor's firm Irwin Mitchell , who have a large office in Sheffield. This is a great addition to our computer equipment and will be used at future Spacefests and observing evenings.
2007-11-21 Grant success
Our latest supporter is the
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 who have kindly donated to MASC a "Special Award" of £10,000 for a new telescope and mount for one of the observatories. This is great news and gives us a significant boost towards our first project target of £100,000.
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