May 2 – Space Day

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nIt’snsupposed to be the first Friday of May – today! – but somenmuseums are having special Space Day programs on other days. Fornexample, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton, Ohio,nwill be celebrating on May 16, 2014.

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• nBuyn a “Space Kit”n from little Bits in collaboration with NASA. You can create an satellite dish, a Mars rover, and many other electronic items.

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• nExplore outer spacen on your own. But do it responsibly!

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• nWatchn Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. 

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• nExploren KidsAstronomy.com. 

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• Checkn out astronaut Chris Hadfield’s videos,n most filmed on the International Space Station.

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  nListVersen offers a list of the top ten strangest things in the universe, and Space.comn has the same exact kind of list—but with different, equallyn strange, items!

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Maytime Hobby Horses 

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nRussiannempress Catherine the Great’s birthday 
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nAnniversarynof the modern legend of the Loch Ness Monster
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• nMayn holidays 

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• nMayn birthdays 

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• nHistoricaln anniversaries in May

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• nJunen holidays

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• nJunen birthdays

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• nHistoricaln anniversaries in June

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