Toronto International Sputnik Day 2007 Celebration

Invitation: Critical Media presents Sputnik, a celebration of space flight in collaboration with
the Canadian Space Society, held at the Toronto Aerospace Museum
Credit: Critical Media

Announcement: International Sputnik Day - Celebrating 50 Years of Space Exploration

WHEN: October 4, 2007, 6:30-10:30 pm

WHERE: Toronto Aerospace Museum

LOCATION: 65 Carl Hall Road, Toronto, ON M3K 2E1
PHONE: (416) 638-6078
DIRECTIONS: Parc Downsview Park, 65 Carl Hall Road, Toronto, ON M3K 2E1
By Car: From the 401 East or West, exit at Keele Street North. Turn right on Sheppard Ave, and follow Sheppard to the entrance to Downsview Park. Turn right into the park (onto John Drury Road) until you reach Carl Hall Road. Turn left at Carl Hall and continue east over the railway tracks to the Museum, which is on your right hand side.
By TTC: Free shuttle car service provided between Downsview TTC station and the Aerospace Museum between 6:15-7:15 pm

ADMISSION FREE - Donations accepted

AGENDA

SPUTNIK 1 - 50 Years of Space Exploration

October 4, 2007, Toronto Aerospace Museum

On October 4, 2007, worldwide celebrations commemorate 50 years of space flight. On this day, five decades ago - October 4, 1957 - the first man-made satellite was launched into space, the first man-made object ever to orbit the Earth, captivating the public's imagination worldwide. No larger than a watermelon and weighing only 183 pounds, its "beep beep beep" signal from space was heard with baited breath as it traveled on its elliptical path.
"Now, somehow, in some new way, the sky seemed almost alien," wrote Lyndon B. Johnson. The launch of Sputnik ushered in a new era: the Space Age.

On October 4, 2007 we mark the 50th anniversary of the beginning of this new age, an age of space competition and exploration, discovery and adventure, tragedy and exhilaration. At the Toronto Aerospace Museum, Critical Media presents a celebration in collaboration with the Canadian Space Society.

6:15-7:15 pm:
Reception and presentation of new media artist Slavica Ceperkovic's piece consisting of a continuous loop projection

7:15-8:00 pm:
Presentation on Space Era in USSR/Russia (Dr. Zelina Iskanderova, University of Toronto)

8:00-8:25 pm:
Presentation: "Space Science and Science Fiction" (Nina Czegledy, KMDI, University of Toronto; Concordia University)

8:25-8:30 pm:
Screening: "My First Rocket" (Amir Gavriely & Joel Robson)

8:30-9:30 pm:
Screening: "The High Ground" (Michael Lennick, Foolish Earthling Productions)

9:30-9:35 pm:
Streaming of "Sputtnikk Oppera" live performance from Ljubljana (Igor Stromajer & Brane Zorman)

9:35-10:00 pm:
Discussion/Q&A with Michael Lennick

10:00-10:30 pm:
Screening: "Destination: Mars"(Michael Lennick, Foolish Earthling Productions)

Credits:
Sputnik Day 2007 was produced in collaboration by Nina Czegledy, Lori Tureski, Amir Gavriely, Joel Robson, and Slavica Ceperkovic, and Critical Media partners Greg Judelman and Daniel Barber. Special thanks to Kevin Shortt, Paul Cabot and the Toronto Aerospace Museum and the Canadian Space Society. We are grateful for the generous contribution by Michael Lennick and Foolish Earthling Productions. Thanks also to Magda Wesalkovska.

Contact:
For more informaiton, please contact Lori Tureski at ltureskigmail.com or Nina Czegledy at czegledyinterlog.com

Come and celebrate with us!



В КАНАДЕ ОТМЕЧАЮТ НАЧАЛО КОСМИЧЕСКОЙ ЭРЫ

4 октября 1957 года на околоземную орбиту был выведен первый в мире искусственный спутник Земли, открывший космическую эру в истории человечества.

4 октября этого года вся мировая общественность будет отмечать начало космической эры – с момента запуска первого спутника прошло ровно 50 лет!

Спутник, ставший первым искусственным небесным телом, был выведен на орбиту ракетой-носителем Р-7 с 5-го научно-исследовательского полигона министерства обороны СССР, получившего впоследствии наименование космодром Байконур. Космический аппарат ПС-1 (простейший спутник-1) представлял собой шар диаметром 58 сантиметров, весил 83,6 килограмма, был оснащен четырьмя штырьковыми антеннами длиной 2,4 и 2,9 метра для передачи сигналов, работающих от батареек передатчиков. Спутник ПС-1 летал 92 дня, до 4 января 1958 года, совершив 1440 оборотов вокруг Земли (около 60 млн. км), а его радиопередатчики работали в течение двух недель после старта. Над созданием искусственного спутника Земли во главе с основоположником практической космонавтики С.П.Королевым работали ученые М.В. Келдыш, М.К.Тихонравов, Н.С.Лидоренко, В.И.Лапко, Б.С.Чекунов и многие другие.
В Музее космонавтики Торонто (Toronto Aerospace Museum) это событие будет отмечаться особо. Среди мероприятий дня – презентации (в том числе проф. Университета Торонто Зелины Искандеровой – о становлении ракетно-космической промышленности в СССР), представления, дискуссии, демонстрация документальных фильмов.

Музей расположен по адресу 65 Carl Hall Rd.
Его веб-сайт - torontoaerospacemuseum.com.

Между 6:15 и 7:15 рм от станции Downsview TTC station до музея будет ходить бесплатный автобус для перевозки всех желающих.

Приходите и празднуйте вместе с нами! Вход свободный (принимаются пожертвования).

Credit: Еженедельная газета "Русский Экспресс"
Выпуск № 503, Событие

links:
Critical Media
Toronto Aerospace Museum
Canadian Space Society
Foolish Earthling Productions

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Question: What helped launch Slavic studies as a growth discipline at the University of Toronto?
Answer: The number of U of T students interested in Slavic studies shot up after the satellite Sputnik was launched by the Soviets in 1957.

More excerpts from The University of Toronto: A History

Special Event: Sputnik Space Party
Free Evening Event
October 4, 2007
It's been half a century! Celebrate the beginning of the space age in 1957 when Sputnik launched the race to space.

50th Anniversary of Sputnik Celebrated in Toronto

Beep .. beep.. Thursday, October 4th marks the 50th anniversary of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I which launched the space age*. Celebrate at the Ontario Science Centre with Sputnik-themed displays, music, and activities. Enjoy awe-inspiring views through telescopes with members of the Toronto Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (weather permitting). Witness a fly-over of the International Space Station and listen as our storyteller weaves tales inspired by spaceflight. Highlighting the event is a special panel presentation at 8:00 p.m. in the Imperial Oil Auditorium, “Sputnik and the Space Age”.

PANELISTS

* Bob McDonald, host of CBC’s Quirks and Quarks. He remembers how the Sputnik launch helped fuel interest in space.
* Professor Lynne Viola, Department of History at the University of Toronto. Specializes in the history of the peasantry in the Soviet Union. She will speak to the impact Sputnik had on the culture and mood of people at the time.
* Steve Lang, Canadian Space Resource Centre. Works with the Canadian Space Agency and has a deep knowledge of the history of Canadian Space program.
* Robert Godwin, Author - Russian Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles: Heritage of the Space Race
* Chris Gainor, Author - Arrows to the Moon and Canada in Space.

The Sputnik Space Party runs from 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

* The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball, weighed only 183 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race.

Contributed by Sara Poirier, Toronto
Sep 27, 2007, 13:41
Credit: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

links:
Википедия: Спутник-1
Wikipedia: Sputnik 1

Sputnik 1 (Russian: "Спутник-1", "Satellite-1", or literally "Co-traveler-1" byname ПС-1 (PS-1, i.e. "Простейший Спутник-1", or Elementary Satellite-1)) was the first artificial satellite to be put into geocentric orbit. Launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, it was the first satellite of the Sputnik program.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The WorldView-1 Spacecraft
The Associated Press: Secrets of 1957 Sputnik Launch Revealed
By Vladimir Isachenkov
Google News: sputnik
50th Anniversary of Sputnik Celebrated in Toronto
CNews: Russian IT-review
Radio sample of Sputnik 1

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