2nd Annual Space Nation Day at the Petroleum Museum - KOSA

2nd Annual Space Nation Day at the Petroleum Museum

MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) -People could interact with astronauts and learn about outer space.

Today was the second annual Space Nation Day at the Petroleum Museum.

This was a celebration of space exploration.

The event featured insights into the first moon pioneers’ mission in Midland.

This is the second year the museum is hosting this event to make it bigger and better.

They added a Space Nation Day for people to enjoy.

Space Nation serves as a way to educate people of all ages about the wonders of space.

“This is a great way for the community to learn about the new age of space exploration and what is coming forward. We are very lucky to work with the Space Nation and provide educational opportunities for the entire family,” said Petroleum Museum associate director Mara Bland.

The event featured NASA astronaut Michael Good who held a presentation about his journey and what space exploration is like.

On top of the presentations, there were many different activities for kids including arts and crafts.

“We have activities that tie in basically with how oil and gas go together with space and there are different activities like building lunar modules for kids, so it is pretty big for us.” Space Nation Captain & Co-Founder Kalle Vaha-Jaakkola.

Space Nation spoke about how Midland is stepping into the new space era and helping to create educational opportunities for people to pursue careers in space exploration.

“Very interesting companies around space are coming here. An ecosystem is growing, and we are also finding how to connect that to the local community, not just a place of fairness but also actual things to do with that and also for careers and professions” said Kalle Vaha-Jaakkola.

The Space Nation believes that the midland is the pathway to humanity’s expansion to space.

“We can have somewhere-to-go launches like they are already building in Midland and West Texas. All this infrastructure in addition to the spaceport makes it an ideal place for space exploration training when we go to the moon and Mars. That’s what makes it exciting to be here.” said Kalle Vaha-Jaakkola.

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