Thursday, March 15, 2007

Design a space flag for us, NASA says to students


Robert Pearlman of the excellent space ephemera site collectspace.com writes,

Adorning the entranceway to the U.S. Destiny Laboratory on the International Space Station have been two pennants: one for the Army and one that reads "Go Navy, Beat Army." The pair are not the first pennants to fly in space: hundreds of flags and banners championing colleges, societies and even sports teams have been carried to orbit by the space shuttle.

Now, NASA wants a pennant of its own and is turning to grade school students to design it.

In partnership with Mad Science and AOL's Kids Service KOL, NASA is hosting a contest for 6 to 12 year olds to create pennants that celebrate either of two themes: the upcoming STS-118 shuttle mission including the flight of the first educator astronaut Barbara Morgan or the Vision for Space Exploration, NASA's plans to send humans to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

The winning design will fly with Morgan on-board shuttle Endeavour when she launches this summer. The winner will be awarded a trip to the STS-118 launch with his/her parent or guardian, while runner-ups will receive a signed picture of the STS-118 shuttle crew and an online NASA game will use their pennant design.

Link. In case you didn't notice, the space-dudes in that photo are FLOATING.

Previously on BoingBoing:

  • Stuff stashed on the Space Shuttle
  • Astronaut chops off her hair in space for charity



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