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Journey Museum receives NASA grant

Money to fund 'Journey Into Space"

RAPID CITY, S.D. (1/13/10) – the Journey Museum has received notification from NASA that it will be the recipient of a $492,778 Competitive Programs for Science Museums and Planetariums grant for their proposal entitled “Journey Into Space.”

The grant covers costs for a Uniview Geodome – an inflatable and portable dome for use in space science programming  -  and  Uniview software for use in the dome.  The grant also covers the salary for a science teacher who will conduct a space science outreach program to schools within the West River area, stipends for annual teachers’ workshops and additional space science programming and events to be created and conducted through and by the Journey Museum.

Funding will begin August 1, 2010 and run for three years. For additional information about the grant please contact Journey Museum Executive Director Ray Summers at 394-2259 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or NASA Senior Public Affairs Officer David E. Steitz at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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