Maker Faire City of STEM + Los Angeles 2024
ISS-Above - Bringing the Space Station live to the classroom
Home: California, United States
Did you know the ISS passes YOU by 5-8 times EVERY DAY? ISS-Above brings the International Space Station live to LA Maker Faire and City of STEM Festival! We'll be tracking the ISS and showing live views of the Earth from space throughout the day
https://www.issabove.com
Maker
Liam Kennedy
Liam focuses on bringing the ISS into people’s daily lives, through public outreach, deployment of the ISS-Above into homes, schools, and public spaces, and spearheading projects to enhance our view of space exploration and ourselves.
https://www.issabove.comWhat Inspired You to Make This?
Being involved with space makes us better human beings. I created the ISS-Above in 2013 initially as a project simply to inspire my own grandchildren to become passionate advocates for human spaceflight. Knowing that the International Space Station with human beings living off the earth are passing you by 5 - 8 times every day makes a profound difference to how people think about space exploration. After exhibiting an early prototype of ISS-Above at the San Diego mini-maker faire in December 2013 I was persuaded by attendees to create a Kickstarter project to allow everyone to get one. Since then there are now more than 5,000 worldwide.. including every NASA center nationwide and 100's of schools, science centers, and public libraries.
