by Mary | Feb 22, 2021 | STEM
Minnesota High School Students Qualify for National Semi-Finals of National Space Challenge A team of cadets from Anoka Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol based Blaine, MN, is among a select group of teams to qualify for the semi-final round of StellarXplorers, the...
by Mary | Feb 22, 2021 | STEM
The Starbird Association is a supporter of National Engineers Week. From DiscoverE.org: 2021 Theme: Imagining Tomorrow Engineers are changing the world all the time. They dream up creative, practical solutions and work with teams of smart, inspiring people to invent,...
by Mary | Dec 4, 2020 | Space, STEM
2020 STEM & Aerospace Gift Ideas for Teens Make A Fort Before you think, “hey, this is for little kids” – this kit is for all ages. A 1x kit comes with 18 panels, 10 braces, 80 connectors and 1 carrying case. This indoor kit exercises those...
by Mary | Mar 6, 2020 | Starbird Log
2020 State of NASA event at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL was a fabulous experience. It was interesting to see all the different areas that make up space exploration and reiterates there are so many roles that make everything possible. The astronaut...
by Mary | Mar 5, 2020 | STEM
2020 is the 5th year of the #DressForSTEM movement on Pi Day 3.14 (March 14). It began solely within the female broadcast meteorology community, but it expanded to include any females working in STEM careers. The goal of the movement is to inspire young women...
by Mary | Mar 5, 2020 | Starbird Log
Announced today, Perseverance is the name of the new robotic rover headed to Mars in 2020. Here’s the blurb from NASA: NASA chose seventh-grader from Virginia as winner of the agency’s “Name the Rover” essay contest. Alexander Mather’s...
by Mary | Jan 17, 2020 | Career Spotlight
Welcome to our first Career Spotlight of 2020 featuring Gabe Benson, Meteorology and ROTC student. We’re trying something new – a video interview. See this video on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/4Y4Vra1oVeI See our Career Spotlight...
by Mary | Dec 30, 2019 | SpaceNorth, Starbird Log
It’s been a fabulous 2019 for the Starbird Association. Some of our 2019 highlights: We participated in SpaceFest at the Bell Museum to kick off the Year of Apollo. Our President, Mary Albright, was appointed a NASA Solar System Ambassador in January as well. We...
by Mary | Sep 8, 2019 | Space, Starbird Log
Happy Star Trek Day. On September 8, 1966 ~ 53 years ago ~ The USS Enterprise entered our world for the first time. “To Go Where No Man Has Gone Before…” What started as science fiction, has inspired space science in our world. Space science...
by Mary | Aug 19, 2019 | Starbird Log, STEM
Last year, Scott Kelly wrote, “I was a Bad Student Who Became an Astronaut. Let’s Stop Telling People They Can’t Be Good at Science” for Time Magazine. I love that he wrote this so let’s look at it with the youth and teens lens on. Scott...
