Intrepid Museum
Virtual Astronomy Live
Exploring Sounds from Space
Past Event
Thursday, Nov 19th
Take a tour from the Earth's atmosphere to other planets and the Sun. Hear some amazing and natural sounds from the universe along with different sound clouds of space and in our solar system.
The event is suitable for all ages. For more information and to register, visit www.intrepidmuseum.org.
The event is hosted and co-produced by John “Das” Galloway, founder of the Kerbal Space Academy, and moderated by Summer Ash, an astrophysicist, rocket scientist and freelance writer. This is the eighth in a monthly series of Virtual Astronomy Live programs. The next iteration on December 17 will feature Spaceflight and Gaming with Richard Garriott.
This program is supported through a NASA Cooperative Agreement awarded to the New York Space Grant Consortium.
Participants
Dr. Alexa Halford
NASA Goddard
Dr. Alexa Halford is a research scientist and the Associate Chief of the ITM Physics Laboratory, within the Heliophysics Science Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Halford is a prime example of what happens when you go to college in MN and take up space. She became a space physicist, and because she got her PhD in Oz, sometimes says x, y, zed instead of x, y, zee. When not having way too animated discussions about plasma waves, you can find her at the local bookstore coffee shop or in the garden.
Dr. Kristine Sigsbee
University of Iowa
Dr. Kristine Sigsbee is an Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. University of Iowa scientists have been exploring our solar system since the launch of the first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958. It probably helps that Iowa City is located a 25-minute drive from the Future Birthplace of Captain James. T. Kirk, and 50 minutes from the birthplace of James Van Allen, who discovered Earth’s radiation belts.
Summer Ash
Moderator
Summer Ash has been both a rocket scientist and an astrophysicist. She is a freelance science writer and communicator whose work has been published in The Atlantic, NBC News, Smithsonian, Now.Space, Scientific American, Slate, and Nautilus.
John “Das”Galloway
Host and Producer
“Das” is a science outreach communicator who specializes in live, interactive video content. He is the creator of the Kerbal Space Academy, where he uses video games as a tool to start science and engineering conversations with viewers of all ages, and VECTORS Virtual Field Trips, which brings real-time interactive video to museums, events, and historical locations. “Das” also serves as a host and producer for NASASpaceflight.com.
Produced by Intrepid Museum in partnership with Kerbal Space Academy and Egress Productions, LLC.