PHOTOS
South Dakota Space Days 2006
"The Moon, Mars and Beyond"
October 17-18, 2006 - Pierre, SD
Space Days 2006 Poster & Schedule

(This page last updated on Feb. 23, 2007)

Astronaut Mike Fossum signing autographs after presentation.

Astronaut Mike Fossum speaks to about 800 students during one of his four presentations at SD Space Days 2006.

Astronaut Mike Fossum presents South Dakota Governor Michael Rounds with SD Flag that accompanied him in space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-121 Mission, which launched on the first-ever Independence Day launch on July 4, 2006.

Astronaut Fossum signing autographs after presentation, with Space Days organizer Kristie Maher, Executive Director of the SD Discovery Center and Aquarium pictured behind him.

Tom Durkin, Deputy Director of SD Space Grant Consortium introduces Astronaut Fossum to about 200 Native American students at Pierre Indian Learning Center.

Astronaut Fossum speaks to Native American students at Pierre Indian Learning Center in photos above and below.

James Rattling Leaf of Sinte Gleska University introducing NASA Astrophysicist Dr. Theodore Gull of Goddard Space Flight Center.

Students keenly engaged in Dr. Gull's presentation.

Dr. Ted Gull (left) and James Rattling Leaf (right).

Dr. Gull has a laugh as he addresses questions from the public after his presentation.

Tom Durkin, Deputy Director of SD Space Grant Consortium speaks to about 750 students about NASA's Vision for Space Exploration and the Mars Exploration Rover Mission.

SDSM&T student speaks about her educational experiences with NASA as a college a high school student.

SDSM&T IEEE Robotics Team member keeps extremely busy with his highly popular robotics exhibit as hundreds of pre-college students learn the excitement of science and engineering as applied to robotics, as shown here and the two photos below.

SDSM&T Aero Design Team member speaks with students about their exhibit.

Ron Dyvig (back left), Owner/Operator of Badlands Observatory and Steve Parker (right), Director of the Hidden Valley Observatory of the Black Hills Astronomy Society explain about the astronomical research conducted at Badlands Observatory (photo above and below).

Carrie Jucht (Outreach Coordinator) and Gregg Johnson (Senior Scientist) with SAIC, Contractor to the USGS National Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) re-supply the EROS exhibit booth (above) after many interested students learn about satellite remote sensing and take educational materials home (below).

NASA Aerospace Education Services Program (AESP) Specialist Angelo Casaburri provides hands-on educational projects for students.

Various other exhibit booths ...

The solar system as art.

Nancy McKenny (right-center) staffs the Civil Air Patrol Exhibit Booth

Dr. Ed Duke, SD Space Grant Consortium Director chats with Kathy Chauncey of Sinte Gleska University during a quiet moment at the exhibit booths.

Greg Klein staffs Lake Area Technical Institute's Exhibit Booth

SD Space Management Team and several members/affiliates of the Consortium attend a quarterly meeting during Space Days.

SD Space Grant Consortium *Management Team members pictured with Astronaut Mike Fossum (r to l: upper row: *Tom Durkin of SDSM&T, Astronaut Mike Fossum, *Dan Swets of Augustana College, *Kevin Dalsted of SDSU, *James Rattling Leaf of Sinte Gleska University, *Ed Duke of SDSM&T, Jim Mollison, Space Days volunteer; lower row: *Gregg Johnson of SAIC/EROS, *Kristie Maher of SD Discovery Center & Aquarium, and Shannon Lane of SDSU)

SD Space Grant Consortium Director Ed Duke (left) and Deputy Director Tom Durkin (right) pictured with Astronaut Fossum (center).

Sunset over Pierre, SD

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