Melaka Space Fair 2012 Highlights :: Science Talks Session - Final and Updated

Final and updated schedule for the Science Talks by the NASA professionals..

Melaka Space Fair 2012 :: Berita Harian Adverts 31-Oct-2012

Melaka Space Fair 2012 Highlights :: Science Talk

Please keep updated for the new tentative in our blog & facebook fan page..

Melaka Space Fair 2012 :: Berita Harian Adverts 30-Oct-2012

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Did You Know :: EXOPLANET - House of Horrors

Astronomers may be closer than ever to discovering a planet that’s habitable like our own, but along the way they’ve discovered some very scary exoplanets – places where conditions are far too harsh for life as we know it to exist.
We’ve rounded up some of the most frightening, deadly exoplanets, places that make even the scariest haunted house on Earth pale in comparison.

Radiation Bath, Anyone? 

The exoplanets PSR B1257+12 b, c and d were among the first discovered, and also happen to be three of the weirdest. The entire system is a graveyard, remnants of what used to be a normal, functional solar system before the star blew apart in a giant explosion known as a supernova.

Melaka Space Fair 2012 Highlights :: World Oceans

Come and learn more about the oceans around us. All this and more at Melaka Space Fair 2012 this 5th - 11th November 2012.

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Melaka Space Fair 2012 Highlights :: Are You a Planet Hunter ?!

Would you like to discover new planets on your own? Then you probably should not miss our planethunters session this coming Melaka Space Fair 2012. Learn along with Gabriel Alvarado of the SETI Institute on how to look out for new terrestrial objects. PlanetHunters session schedule will be up soon. Keep yourselves updated.

All at Melaka Space Fair 2012, 05th -11th November 2012.

Melaka Space Fair 2012 :: Talk Sessions Schedule

Interested to attend the talk ??. Call us and book your sessions..

Melaka Planetarium Adventure Science Centre
Tel : 06 232 2424   |   Fax : 06 232 0408

Melaka Space Fair 2012 :: Berita Harian Adverts 24-Oct-2012

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Melaka Space Fair 2012 :: Promo Banner

Melaka Space Fair 2012 :: Career in Science

So you wanna be a scientist..engineer..educator..or researcher? Confused, but want to be working in the science, technology, engineering or math field? Then don't miss Jaya Bajpayee's talk on "Career in Science"

Melaka Space Fair 2012.

Melaka Space Fair 2012 :: Rocket Activity for Kids - It’s Fun !

Juniors will have ample of activity at the Melaka Space Fair 2012 – look out for the rocket activity and get early exposure to space flight science the fun way!

Melaka Space Fair 2012 :: Promo Montage

Melaka Space Fair 2012 Updates :: Earth-Like Planets ?

Join Gabriel and the NASA team in “KEPLER & THE HUNT FOR EXOPLANETS” in the science talk session. Discover along with him, dozens of Earth-size planets in or near the habitable zone and determine how many of the billions of stars in our galaxy have such planets.

Discover this exciting new find at The Melaka Space Fair 2012.

Melaka Space Fair 2012 :: Get to Know About The SETI Institute with Gabriel

Discover the emerging new field of astrobiology featuring 'life-in-the-extreme' environment and explore the zoo-niverse with SETI Institute. 

Gabriel Alvarado-Marín

Gabriel Alvarado-Marín is a member of the NASA Kepler Mission Education and Public Outreach team. He's a web designer and illustrator who has been at the SETI Institute since 2010, developing scientific and educational web content. His contributions include various astronomy illustrations, the creation of a website that introduces astronomy to pre-teens, and the current development of a SETI-themed game for the iPad. He was a speaker at the 2012 SETIcon II on the subject of science and games. Gabriel has a BFA in animation from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

Melaka Space Fair 2012 Highlights :: Could Life Exist in an Environment That Would Kill Us ?!.

Could organisms evolve to live in environment we consider extreme? Although living conditions in the parts of our solar system prove to be environment to extreme for our survival, why are we still convinced that life form could exist in conditions that would kill most life forms?

Studies of life in the extreme environment on earth have led us to finding microbes that are actually extreme environment tolerant. What are they, how and where do they thrive?

Find out about some of such environment found here on our own planet which shares almost similar features as that of a planet’s, for example Mars at the Life in the Extreme exhibition at the Melaka Space Fair 2012.

Melaka Space Fair 2012 Highlights :: Year of the Solar System (YSS) Exhibition

Spanning a Martian Year – 23 months – the Year of the Solar System celebrates the amazing discoveries of numerous NASA missions as they explore our near and distant neighbors and probe the very outer edges of our Solar System. 

It is an unprecedented time in planetary sciences as we learn about new worlds and make new discoveries! New missions will further unveil the secrets of Jupiter, the Moon, and Mars. Other robotic explorers will encounter comets and asteroids, journey to dwarf planets, and continue to unlock the mysteries of our Sun, Mercury, Saturn, and our home planet, Earth.

New worlds, new discoveries; find out all about it at the Melaka Space Fair 2012.

Dive Down to the Ocean at MPASC Digital Space Theater

Watch Kaluoka’Hina, the Enchanted Reef and other movies at MPASC’s space theatre and gain the ultimate 'under the sea' movie experience. Packed with clear almost-alive images on a 15 meter dome, complete with 196 comfortable seats and a wraparound digital surround sound will take you on a dive down the deep sea to experience the colourful ecosystem of the ocean as if you are really there. 

Powered by the technically state-of-the-art and visually stunning Evans & Sutherland’s most advanced Digistar 5 theatre system, you'll be spellbound by the experience.

A Glance at The Melaka Space Fair 2010

The MELAKA SPACE FAIR 2010 was a collaborated educational carnival between the Melaka Planetarium Adventure Science Centre (MPASC) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States with one mission in mind: Cultivate a passion in learning space science and engineering principles in fun, intuitive ways with the NASA team.

MELAKA SPACE FAIR was in fact the brainchild event which resulted from a discussion between MPASC and NASA in 2009. This esteemed event took place from the Nov 22nd to Nov 30th, 2010 at the Melaka Planetarium, MITC Ayer Keroh, Melaka.

The event was the FIRST to be hosted in this part of the world with an internationally recognized organization to provide an opportunity and exposure to NASA’s space engineering technology development among the Malaysian society and the entire region.

Melaka Space Fair 2012 :: The NASA Team's Back !!

Melaka Space Fair 2012 :: Get to Know The NASA Folks

Get to know the NASA folks in person here at MPASC during the Melaka Space Fair 2012!!

Jaya Bajpayee 
Team Lead, Melaka Space Fair 2012

Jaya Bajpayee is the Lead Program Executive of Physics of the Cosmos (PCOS) Program and Astrophysics Operating Missions. PCOS studies the mechanics - how things work - of the Universe. As the Lead Executive, she established the PCOS Program to enable competitive PCOS missions in this Decade. Concurrently, she also serves as the Program Executive of Astrophysics Operating Missions. In this capacity, she has managed a portfolio of 9-14 missions over her 4 year tenure. She oversees all of the Astrophysics satellites that currently observe the Universe and provide data to the scientists. 

Prior to that, she served as the Glory Deputy Project Manager, GOES-R Observatory Manager, and SXI Instrument Manager. Jaya started her career as a Range Safety Officer at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, taking responsibility for ground and flight safety during NASA’s rocket launches. 

She is passionate about Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and inspiring young people to pursue STEM disciplines. She is commitment to outreach activities world-wide. Jaya’s hobbies include photography, graphics design, travel, and playing with her nieces and nephews.