Cold Calling: 21 refreshing retreats in the South that offer a dose of natureâs air-conditioning
A subterranean cave, a chilly river, the highest summit east of the Mississippiâthese destinations are all shivery oases on dog-day afternoons
Photo by John Starrett
Can you even call yourself a Southerner if you donât spend at least a quarter of the year griping about the heat (and donât forget the humidity)? But during a season when the forecast seems permanently set to âscorching,â you can still find pockets of delicious coolnessâand we donât mean the blast radius around your air-conditioning vent.
Inside the Alabama stop on Blue Origin’s journey to the moon
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
Posted Mar 08, 2021
A Blue Origin employee stands beside a pathfinder model of the company s planned lunar lander at the company s plant in Huntsville, Ala. Blue Origin is leading a team competing to be part of the space agency s return to the moon but is also planning its own commercial future there.
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Blue Origin’s rocket engine plant in Huntsville, Ala., is the size of three city blocks. Objects on one side can be larger – much larger - than they appear from the other side.
Alabama Teachers eligible to apply for Space Camp for Educators Scholarships
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Alabama public school teachers are eligible to apply for scholarships to attend a special Space Camp for Educators at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. The Alabama legislature provided the funding for the program that brings state educators together to find new ways of teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics concepts.
The hands-on learning activities are designed to span grades 4 to 9 and to be easily replicated in the classroom to excite students about STEM education. Teachers take part in Space Camp s simulated astronaut training experience while earning 45 professional development credits. The session includes information about space-related subjects such as: International Space Station; Living and Working in Microgravity; Rocketry; Propulsion; Astronomy; and Astrophysics.
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