Two Children's Express journalists from the DC bureau are co-hosting the cybercast of Space Day 2001 on May 3, 2001. Space Day, now in its fifth year, is a global celebration dedicated to the extraordinary achievements, benefits and opportunities in the exploration and use of space. The goal of Space Day is to advance science, math, and technology education and to inspire young people to realize the vision of our space pioneers. Journalists from CEUK's Belfast bureau offer their look at space. From the realms of space, Ireland may look small and insignificant.
Space is right outside their door.
From his bedroom, Mark peruses the stars and the planets and wonders about the mysteries of space. Every school lunch time, astronomy buffs at the school get together to talk about the outer frontier. We are finding out about Jupiter now. I would love to travel to space, discover a new planet and fly in and out of Saturn's ring. For Mark, his fascination with space started with a trip to the Armagh Planetarium and Observatory.