19 June 2023

The project rocket has been launched – in various ignition stages – and the entire team is heading towards different orbits. To collectively and ceremoniously conclude the launch phase of This is (not) Rocket Science!, all Rocket Members gathered on Monday, June 19, 2023, for the shared SPACE DAY of This is (not) Rocket Science! at the Technisches Museum Wien.


Around 200 children and young people spent the morning participating in various stations at the museum, produced a collective sound collage, designed the symbolic project rocket, and met representatives from ESERO Austria, LIQUIFER, and the TU Wien Space Team. Depending on their age and interests, they explored the museum alone, in small groups, or as part of a larger group or class. There were presentations and activities, as well as time for games, breaks, and refreshments – before noon, when everyone collectively counted down:
10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... we had a lift-off!

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Technisches Museum Wien

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: A group from the Dadlergasse kindergarten on their way to the TMW-soundLAB – to record the "ROCKET SCIENCE song".
A group from the Dadlergasse kindergarten on their way to the TMW-soundLAB – to record the "ROCKET SCIENCE song".
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: Recording in progress ... Pupils of the NMS Kauergasse recording with Andy Winkler at soundLAB.
Recording in progress ... Pupils of the NMS Kauergasse recording with Andy Winkler at soundLAB.
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Paxi and Bettina Anderl from ESERO Austria will take the participants from the Technisches Museum Wien into space ...: Paxi and Bettina Anderl from ESERO Austria will take the participants from the Technisches Museum Wien into space ...
Paxi and Bettina Anderl from ESERO Austria will take the participants from the Technisches Museum Wien into space ...
© Technisches Museum Wien


: Sleeping in weightlessness? That's what the "space sleeping bag" is for - demonstrated here by Waltraut Hoheneder and René Waclavicek from LIQUIFER.
Sleeping in weightlessness? That's what the "space sleeping bag" is for - demonstrated here by Waltraut Hoheneder and René Waclavicek from LIQUIFER.
© Technisches Museum Wien
: „Inner life“ of rockets: Two original rockets, cut open, are explained by the TU WIEN SPACE TEAM.
„Inner life“ of rockets: Two original rockets, cut open, are explained by the TU WIEN SPACE TEAM.
© Technisches Museum Wien
: Made with love and rich in detail rocket design! All participants left their message on the "project rocket".
Made with love and rich in detail rocket design! All participants left their message on the "project rocket".
© Technisches Museum Wien


: We’ve got a lift-off!
We’ve got a lift-off!
© Technisches Museum Wien
We’ve got a lift-off!
© Technisches Museum Wien

 

Stop-motion clips produced by 'Members of Rocket Science' in varying mission line-ups

 

 

Rocket Science Song

Andreas Winkler with all the children and young people present at the SPACE DAY of This is (not) Rocket Science!




OTHER PROJECT TOPICS

 
: Satellite STS1 jettisoned from a rocket

NEW SPACE thinking ahead

: Astronaut with dog next to a lunar habitat

Moon village or Mars colony?

: A woman astronaut points to planet Saturn

Women in space

: Space explosion and satellite Vanguard 1

Space junk or world heritage?

A comic drawing showing an interior of a space habitat and a view from its window on a planet, where it's situated:

Mission Control



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