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NASA @ My Library Event at Grundy Library

July 22, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Academic Libraries, Library News, PA Forward, Resources of Interest

NASA: On to Mars! A Modern Space Race to Fire Imaginations Bristol, PA – Derrick Pitts, Chief Astronomer of the Fels Planetarium at the Franklin Institute, and a crowd of over 200 were on hand Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Bristol Borough’s Snyder-Girotti Elementary School discussing...

NASA Provides 4-Week Program Your Library May Use

May 20, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

NASA has created a special 4-week program that can be used in libraries across the country.   If the library does not have room or time for this program, children may participate at home.  Access the flyer with listed activities.  NASA was inundated with requests (especially...

NASA Programming for Public Libraries Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Program

April 17, 2019 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries

Public Libraries may want to make use of two NASA programs! Celebrating Apollo: Remembering the Past as We Prepare for the Future begins on May 2 and continues through July 11 and celebrates the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo program. The Apollo lunar flights may have ended...

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NASA Week at the Darby Free Library Includes Moon Rocks

September 19, 2018 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries

NASA Week at the Darby Free Library from Sept. 17 to Sept. 22, 2018 The Darby Free Library was given permission to borrow moon rocks, meteorite samples and an Apollo Spacesuit Mockup through the NASA@MY Library Grant. Moon rocks and meteorite samples visited every classroom...