116: Yuri’s Night Celebration Invitation with Ron Sparkman
Casual Space
English - April 08, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes - 35.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Technology mund astronomy beth nasa science space Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Yuri’s Night is a celebration of the power of space to bring the world together.
On this week’s podcast, Ron Sparkman joins Beth to invite you to join the world as we celebrate Yuri’s Night 2021 Global Livestream this Saturday, April 10, 2021 at www.yurisnight.net/livestream
"Circling the earth in my orbital spaceship I marveled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world, let us safeguard and enhance this beauty— not destroy it!" —Yuri Gagarin, 1st human in space.
This Saturday, April 10, join us at 3:00 pm-Pre-party, 4:00 pm Main show & celebration, 7:30pm epic after-party (ticket holders only) with NERVO DJing! (all times Pacific)
Join the Virtual Party by buying a Backstage Pass will include a pre-party meet and mingle at 3pm, games, art, vendor exhibits, job opportunities, interactive “tables” where you can video chat with other guest, amazing Yuri’s Night Ambassadors like Sarafina Nance, EveryDay Astronaut Tim Dodd, and Bobak Ferdowsi to connect with and a kicking after-party with the world class NERVO twins DJing! Backstage passes are available at www.yurisnight.net/livestream. for $10 if you use Discount Code DreamTeam5
Richard Branson will kick it off the Global Livestream at 4pm PT. Virgin Galactic Astronaut Trevor Beattie will be on with NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman and Seven Summits climber Wasfia Nasreen to talk about the transformational impact of exploration. The party continues with Dr. Sian Proctor sharing about being selected yesterday for the upcoming Inspiration4 private space mission this fall. Rod Roddenberry will honor the 100th Anniversary of the birth of his father, Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry, and former NASA Astronaut and NFL player Leland Melvin will share about how we can use space to be the best versions of ourselves. Bill Nye will also be joining us, the band OK Go will be sharing their latest crowd sourced music video project.
There will also be a Silent Auction featuring a trip for 4 to Family Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, an exclusive behind the scenes tour of Napa and much more! All proceeds go towards our new Cosmic Odyssey Scholarship fund to send families dealing with pediatric cancer to Space Camp.