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1972
SpaceArc® concept conceived by 10th grader Jim Ferren of Fairport,
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January
1986
Launch
contract signed with Original-7 Astronaut Deke Slayton, President
of Space Services, Inc. |
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December
1987
Space Systems LORAL (formerly Ford Aerospace) becomes a founding
partner, providing design and construction of the capsule which
will house the SpaceArc® archive |
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January
1988
SpaceArc® participation materials are sent to schools in 52
countries
February
1988
First Participant’s form submitted |
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June
1989
-NASA (Division of Educational Affairs) becomes a founding partner,
providing distribution and exposure for SpaceArc® teacher
materials in U.S. schools
-The U.S. International Space Year Association joins SpaceArc®
as a founding partner
November
1989
Educational Testing Services becomes a founding partner, providing
technological support, document handling and optical scanning
December
1989
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Office of Constituent
Affairs) endorses SpaceArc® |
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February
1990
Former Chief Justice Warren Burger, strong supporter of freedom
of speech, participates in SpaceArc®
May
1990
Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey participates
in SpaceArc®
Insert his participation form
June
1990
SpaceArc® is an honoree at the Governor’s Luncheon, an international
educational/cultural summit that included such participants as
Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union
October
1990
SpaceArc® receives White House Commendation from Vice President
Dan Quayle
November
1990
First official announcement of the program takes place at the
National Press Club in Washington D.C.
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April
1991
Voice of America becomes a founding partner and broadcasts the
SpaceArc® story into the former Soviet Union for three years
October
1991
SpaceArc® educational/promotional video debuts, made possible
through generous support from Carl Sagan
November
1991
Compton’s New Media becomes a founding partner and provides the
official onboard reference encyclopedia for future discoverers
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January
1992
ICI ImageData (Imperial Chemical Industries, UK) becomes a founding
partner, providing high density storage technology and support
March
1992
-DirecTv/Hughes Communications joins as a founding partner, providing
space for the SpaceArc® archive on board the DirecTv II satellite
-Canada Centre for Remote Sensing joins as a founding partner,
providing software and hardware technology for data encoding and
retrieval. Their database of earth’s images is carried in the
archive.
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April
1992
Creo Products, Inc. becomes a founding partner to design and build
a space-worthy internal stabilizing mechanism for the optical
tape
June
1992
Dr. Donald Johanson, anthropologist and discoverer of Lucy (world’s
oldest human remains), participates in SpaceArc® |
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July
1993
-SpaceArc® receives White House Commendation from Vice President
Al Gore
-Music cd developed for inclusion in the capsule under the direction
of Bruce Pilato, including original works by Peter Gabriel, Ian
Anderson, Craig Chiquico and Jimi Hendrix
August
1993
The Compassionate Friends Society, an international support group
for bereaved parents and their families, contributes more than
1,000 submissions in the memory of members’ children at a Chicago
conference
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September
1993
Image selected in the SpaceArc: Face to the Future art competition
to serve as the cover page of the archive, created by the New
Garden Friends School, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
October
1993
-CNN, providing ongoing SpaceArc® coverage, requests inclusion
of their CNN 1993 Time Capsule of World News on disc in the SpaceArc®
capsule
-The London Museum of Science, in partnership with the BBC and
ICI ImageData, invites 5,000 U.K. students to participate. The
London Museum develops a SpaceArc® exhibit, including a computerized
databank of the amassed submissions public enjoyment
-Ali Naqvi, Director, London Museum of Science, submits SpaceArc®
Program as a Nobel Peace Prize nominee candidate. |
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February
1994
Last Participant Form Recieved
T – 10 Days!
April 1994
The National Science Center of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, features
SpaceArc® in its In the Future World gallery.
August 4, 1994
-Paul Harvey broadcasts the SpaceArc® story
SpaceArc®: The Archives of Humanity
is launched at 7:57 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A.
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