September 29, 2012
WRITTEN BY: Ben Bader DOWNEY – When 11-year-0ld Chelo Ferschweiler thinks of God, she thinks of creation. And when she things of creation, she thinks of space. And when she thinks of space, she thinks of space shuttles. She was one of about 400 sky gazers who waited [...]
September 29, 2012
The City wishes to congratulate Bea Jensen for winning the Space Shuttle Mock-Up naming contest. The Mock-Up has been named Inspiration in honor of Dr. Mary Stauffer, a local well known philanthropist dedicated to supporting academic excellence. The Space Shuttle Mock-up is owned by the City of Downey and is the first full-sized Space Shuttle [...]
August 16, 2012
Space Center Landing Party Lives Up To The Hype Hundreds Show Up At Columbia Memorial Space Center To Watch Curiosity Touch Down On Mars. WRITTEN BY : Tim Scott, Special to The Downey Patriot Looking for an inexpensive and family-friendly alternative location to view the Entry, Descent and Landing of the Mars Science Laboratory’s rover [...]
June 15, 2012
‘The original space shuttle’ to come out of hiding inDowney Downeyplans to display the full-scale mock-up of the space shuttle, which Rockwell built in 1972 to pitch its design to NASA. The space shuttle mock-up sits in a warehouse in 1975.Downeyofficials plan to display it under a tent in a parking lot for a [...]
June 7, 2012
Photo by Allison Mansell/DowneyDailyPhotos.com Space Center packed for Venus viewing About 500 people showed up at the space center for “Transit of Venus” phenomenon. WRITTEN BY : Henry Veneracion, Staff Writer DOWNEY – Some 500 visitors flocked to the Columbia Memorial Space Center on Tuesday to take a first-hand look at the Transit of [...]
May 22, 2012
DOWNEY — The Columbia Memorial Space Center has its own blastoff planned for the last mission of the Space Shuttle program. The space center will host an open-to-the-public party Friday morning for the launch of Atlantis STS-135 and its mission to the International Space Station. A $5 ticket includes admission to the space center, snacks, [...]
May 22, 2012
The new Suited For Space exhibit at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey takes visitors on a journey through more than four decades of spacesuit design and development. It was developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services (SITES) and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Devra Wexler, Suited For Space project director [...]
