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We had a fantastic time running our drop-in ‘Magical Illusions’ workshops at Techniquest Glyndwr’s Astronomy Club – 1st February 2020.

Visitors to our stand made phenomenal STEM Spinning Tops – while learning the science behind them.

Visitors also had a blast learning about ESA’s Rosetta Spacecraft Legacy while make models of Rosetta and Philae in our ‘Explore Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with Rosetta’ workshops.

We also took our MajorTim.space Galactic Photo Prop which is always very popular with the visitors.
More photos of visitors with the photo accessory at the end of the article.

The lucky winner of our raffle was….  Gareth!

During the event we met Oliver – a future astronaut who wants to be the first person on Mars.
After making a model of the Rosetta Spacecraft and learning about ESA’s historic mission during our workshops – he wanted to say hello to his new heroes – Mark McCaughrean (Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration at the European Space Agency) and Dr Matt Taylor (Rosetta Mission Project Scientist) – so he recorded a video for our social media pages.
When we posted the video both Mark and Matt replied with congratulations for the young space explorer – Oliver was absolutely thrilled!

 

All who visited our stand had a STEMtastic time and we can’t wait for the last TQG Astronomy Club of the season – 7th March 2020!

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In a unique collaboration with the World Museum Liverpool we are proud to be running our drop-in ‘Binary Talks’ workshops and a Galactic Quiz with prizes at this spectacular stargazing event – 7th February 2020.

We will be commemorating two very significant 7th February occasions – the first is our patron Apollo 15, Al Worden’s 88th birthday and the second is National Periodic Table Day  –  Come and celebrate with us!

During our ‘Binary Talks’ workshop you will learn how to use the binary coding system while creating a keyring.
You can “code” your own initial using green and red beads following the binary code.

We will also have our Galactic Quiz with prizes and friction challenges – that will get you thinking!

Plus, we will be bringing our popular MajorTim.space Galactic Photo Prop.

We are extremely happy to announce that the second part of MajorTim.space’s Polymath Cerebration Podcast episode 3 will be recorded on stage with Dr Jackie Bell – following on from the Q&A with Jackie at World Museum’s Stargazing event in November 2019.

We will also be running a raffle with a unique prize.

Find out more – https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/world-museum/event/stargazing-world-museum

We will be running our ‘Magical Illusions’ workshops at Techniquest Glyndwr’s Astronomy Club – 1st February 2020.

Make a phenomenal STEM Spinning Top – while learning the science behind it.

Visitors will also learn about ESA’s Rosetta Spacecraft Legacy while make models of Rosetta and Philae in our ‘Explore Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with Rosetta’ workshops.

 
Plus, we will be bringing our popular MajorTim.space Galactic Photo Prop.

We will also be running a raffle with a unique prize.

Techniquest Glyndwr’s Astronomy Club is a monthly event running October 2019 – March 2020.

For more details and to book tickets visit their website here – www.tqg.org.uk

Our stand at takepART 2020 was a huge success!
We were running our drop-in ‘Magical Illusions’ workshops, a Galactic Quiz with prizes, friction challenges and the Shooting Star Flying Squad.

Visitors to our stand made phenomenal STEM Spinning Tops – while learning the science behind them.

In addition to our STEM Spinning Tops, visitors to our stand also made Hoop Gliders – while learning the science behind them – which they got to take home!

Our Galactic Quiz with prizes was very popular…

Everyone enjoyed testing themselves with our friction challenges…

We also took our MajorTim.space Galactic Photo Prop which is always very popular with the visitors.
Now with our new logo…..  This was the first public appearance of the prop since we updated it!
More photos of visitors with the photo accessory at the end of the article.

The lucky winner of our raffle was…..  Imy Patterson (age 9)!

The prize was a signed photo of astronaut Don Thomas – plus, the chance to record a vlog of her next Space/STEM adventure for our blog – watch this space…

Imy was thrilled with her prize (below).

All of the visitors to our stand had a
STEMtastic time!

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Spectacular time running our Moon Rover Balloon Car workshops at Techniquest Glyndwr’s Astronomy Club – 4th January 2020.

We challenged visitors to design and build their own Moon Rover Balloon Cars.

During the workshops we ran the fastest balloon car competition –
We timed every balloon car on our ramp to the finish line and recorded all the times…

The winning Moon Rover Balloon Car was……..

Galaxy 18 –
Built by Olivia and Niamh

The lucky winners of our raffle were…  Daisy and Freddie

All participants had a STEMtastic time and we can’t wait for the next TQG Astronomy Club – 1st February 2020

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We are looking forward to seeing you all at takepART 2020 this weekend.

Come and find us in the Space Zone to take part in our Cosmic activities.

We will be running our drop-in ‘Magical Illusions’ workshops, a Galactic Quiz with prizes, friction activities, Shooting Star Flying Squad and more.

Plus, we will be bringing our popular MajorTim.space Galactic Photo Prop.

But unlike on the photo below – it now has our new logo…..  This will be the first time anyone has seen the prop since we updated it – make sure you have your photo taken with it!

We will also be running a raffle with a unique prize.

 

Find out more here – https://venuecymru.co.uk/majortimspace

 

Come, join us and Space into the Unknown…

We will be running our Moon Rover Balloon Car workshops at Techniquest Glyndwr’s Astronomy Club – 4th January 2020.

Visitors will build Balloon Cars – while learning the science behind them – which they can take away with them!

During the sessions we will run the fastest Moon Rover Balloon Car competition.

 

We will also be running a raffle with unique surprise prize.

Techniquest Glyndwr’s Astronomy Club is a monthly event running October – March.

For more details and to book tickets visit their website here – www.tqg.org.uk

Great time running our drop-in ‘Binary Talks’ workshops at Techniquest Glyndwr’s Astronomy Club – 7th December 2019.

During our ‘Binary Talks’ workshop visitors learnt how to use the binary coding system whilst creating a keyring.
They had the chance to “code” their own initials using green and red beads following the binary code.

The lucky winner of our raffle was…..  Adam!

Below – Adam and his sister talking about their lucky win….

 

All who visited our stand had a STEMtastic time and we can’t wait for the next TQG Astronomy Club – 3rd January!

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Today (15.12.2018) is four years since Tim Peake launched to the International Space Station (ISS) – becoming the first British ESA astronaut and the second British citizen (after Helen Sharman) to go to space.

On the 15th December 2015 – Tim took the most exhilarating ride of his life, lifting off on a Russian Soyuz rocket with Russian commander Yuri Malenchenko and US astronaut Tim Kopra.

Dallas Campbell reported live from the launch in Kazakhstan.

Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain presented live coverage of British astronaut Tim Peake’s arrival at the International Space Station, at the Science Museum in London.  They were joined by astronauts including former ISS commander Chris Hadfield and Helen Sharman.

Since his Principia Mission, Tim has done many tours/talks, attended events, took on the role as a Scout ambassador, writing books and much more.

Young people have been inspired by Tim’s Principia Mission – they may not have had the interest in space subjects before, especially from a scientific or mathematical point of view, but have been drawn in through a number of different ways, such as competitions, challenges and experiments!

 

Congratulations Tim on all of your fantastic achievements!

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In a unique collaboration with the World Museum Liverpool we were proud to run our drop-in ‘Magical Illusions’ workshops and a Galactic Quiz with prizes at their spectacular stargazing event – 8th November 2019.

Visitors to our stand made phenomenal STEM Spinning Tops – while learning the science behind them.

In addition to our STEM Spinning Tops, visitors to our stand also made Hoop Gliders – while learning the science behind them – which they got to take home!

Our Galactic Quiz with prizes was very popular…

We were also very pleased to have recorded the 3rd episode of MajorTim.space’s Polymath Cerebration Podcast on stage with Dr Jackie Bell, the Stargazing evening’s celebrity guest – announcement will be made when it is available to download.

Afterwards young blogger, Arran (age 10) came across to meet our CEO, Amelia Piper (below).
Watch out for this new blogger & his kids blog!

Visitors to our stand at the event included Dulcie (below) – winner – signed copy of Dallas Campbell’s book in our Apollo raffle (July 2019).
Before, Dulcie was sure she didn’t want to be an astronaut, but after reading the book Dallas has convinced her!

Our workshops were very popular and all visitors has a fantastic time!

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