Tag: NASA
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John Glenn | DISNEY THIS DAY | November 14, 1999a
On this day in 1999, astronaut and United States Senator John Glenn was presented the “Frank G. Wells Award” by the Walt Disney Company.
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Buzz Lightyear | DISNEY THIS DAY | October 2, 2009
On this day in 2009, Buzz Lightyear became the longest tenured crew member in space! In a partnership between NASA and Disney Parks, Buzz spent over 15 months on the International Space Station where he took part in an education initiative. Walt Disney World held a ticker-tape parade down Main Street, U.S.A. at the Magic…
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Sunday Spotlight: Space Shuttle Endeavour
For this week’s Sunday Spotlight I thought we would take a trip to the past and remember one of the most magical things I’ve seen in the skies over the Disneyland Resort. It isn’t fireworks, lightning, or Tinker Bell. Instead, it’s the Space Shuttle Endeavour. This ship made its last flight aboard a specially modified…
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New Display Added in Front of Mission: SPACE at EPCOT
A new display is now found in front of Mission: SPACE at EPCOT. It comes from a collaboration between Walt Disney Imagineering and NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover team. The display replicates the tread marks from the tires of the Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars. This was done using a borrowed prototype rover wheel.…
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Disney+ Releases Trailer and Key Art for Among the Stars Ahead of October Arrival
BLASTING OFF OCTOBER 6, THE DISNEY+ ORIGINAL SERIES ‘AMONG THE STARS’ GIVES VIEWERS A RARE LOOK AT THE VAST WORLD OF NASA Streaming All Episodes at Once, the Six-Part Series from Fulwell 73 Follows NASA Astronaut Captain Chris Cassidy and a Team of Engineers, Flight Controllers and Specialists for His Last Mission to Space BURBANK,…
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Bring Mars Home with New Augmented Reality Experience from Nat Geo and NASA
Last week, the Mars Perseverance rover touched down on the red planet. To celebrate this huge development, National Geographic and NASA have come together to create an augmented reality experience that brings the reality of outer space into your home! This interactive experience lets you become the Perseverance rover in your own home! The Mars…
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The Walt Disney Company Partners with U.S. State Department on “Hidden No More” Exchange Program
The 2016 film Hidden Figures shone a light on the brilliant, unsung heroes of the Space Race, three African-American women working at The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) whose expertise made it possible for astronaut John Glenn to launch into orbit. This previously untold story not only inspired viewers across the globe, it also sparked the…
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BB-8 Visits the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
When the world of fact and fiction combine, it leads to a pretty epic story. The newest droid in the Star Wars universe, BB-8, recently visited NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Here the little guy met fellow space robots and toured the sights. JPL is home to a vast array of space technology and is…
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The Good Dinosaur Reacts to the Halloween Asteroid
PHEW. THAT WAS CLOSE. This morning an asteroid passed near Earth, showing the plausibility behind Pixar Animation Studios new film The Good Dinosaur. The near miss this morning was really a near miss of 300,000 miles away. Does that still count? The asteroid is said to be around 2,000 feet wide and is traveling at…
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Nasa Designs Warp Drive Ship
NASA physicist Harold White told the world last fall that he was working to design a faster than light ship. For any Star Trek fans out there, that clearly translates to… Nasa is designing a warp capable ship. According to Star Trek lore, this ship should break the warp barrier in 2063 but perhaps things could progress…
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A Detour on the Way to Neverland!
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE Neverland, a fictional world in the Peter Pan movie, may be a state of mind, or hidden in the cosmos. To get to the place where you can never grow up, Peter Pan says to fly to the “second star to the right, and straight on ’til morning.”…
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Soars Over Disneyland Resort
Thousands of guests crowded into Disneyland today to view the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it made its final flight to its new home at the California Science Center. The shuttle flew on the back of a specially outfitted Boeing 747. Endeavour flew over the Disneyland Resort above Disney California Adventure just before 12:30 PM. It…