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100 YEAR STARSHIP TO ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF CANOPUS AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN INTERSTELLAR WRITING

HOUSTON, TX — 100 Year Starship (100YSS) announced the 2nd Canopus Awards for Excellence in Interstellar Writing. The Canopus Awards honor outstanding writing about interstellar space in fiction and nonfiction categories. The 2nd Canopus Awards presentation will be hosted by Nichelle Nichols. While most famous for her portrayal of Lt. Uhura in the original Star […]

Dr. Mae Jemison, LeVar Burton and Jill Tarter, Ph.D Call on People Worldwide to LOOK UP October 18 and Reconnect with Each Other and the World

New Skyfie app weaves multimedia Sky Tapestry globe from uploads across the Earth What’s above us unites us. That’s the message of LOOK UP, a movement spearheaded by astronaut, physician, engineer and educator Dr. Mae Jemison. “I believe the impact of looking up at the sky can be as profound as seeing the Earth from […]

Looking Up

I was nine when my father took me out to see the meteor shower. The clock ticked past midnight and my dad shook the edge of my bed to rouse me from sleep. We trotted out into the cool Nebraska air, and I sprung awake when my bare feet hit the cold grass. He set […]

What if?

“No one shows a child the sky.” African Proverb What if? What if for just one day, we all stopped looking down? What if for one day we all ignored the endless stream of information and opinion shouting for our attention? What if for one day we all look up? What if we […]