February•

• Messier Marathon

• National Science Day

Globe at Night (Worldwide)

May•

• All India Asteroid Search Campaign

• Internet Telescope Project

• Annular Solar Eclipse

Astronomy Without Borders

AugustAll India Asteroid Search

Campaign

• Perseids Meteor Shower

• Astronomy Olympiad

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November•

• Leonids Meteor Shower

• Kalpana Chawla Annual Science Quiz Competition

• Total Solar Eclipse

Great Indian Star Count

March• Competition

• Global Astronomy Month

• Vernal Equinox

• Great India Star Count

• NASA MoonKam Project

Space Settlement Design

JuneAll India Asteroid Search

Campaign

• Summer Solstice

• Venus Transit

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September•

• Intra-School Competitions

Autumn Equinox

December•

• SPACE Conference

• International Solar Eclipse Conference

Winter Solstice

• ISS EarthKam Project

• National Hydro Rocketry Competition

January

July• Campaign

• ISS EarthKam July Mission

• SPACE Tweetup

All India Asteroid Search

October•

• Great Worldwide Star Count

• Great Indian Star Count

World Space Week

April•

• International Dark Sky Week

• Global Astronomy Month

ISS EarthKam Mission

SPACE EVENTS CALENDAR

Empowering life with Science

Major Forthcoming ‘Celestial Events’

Our Services:Education:

Tourism:

Retail:

Philanthropy:

• Total Lunar Eclipse on December 10, 2011• Annular Solar Eclipse on May 20, 2012 • Venus Transit June 5-6, 2012• Total Solar Eclipse on November 13, 2012

SPACE runs various activities and programs in schools like

Centre for Student Excellence in Astronomy and Space Science, SPACE

clubs and regular astronomy based Workshops.

SPACE conducts science training for teachers in various government and

non - government institutions to introduce hands-on activities and tools to

the teachers for middle level studies. www.space-india.com

Astro-tourism is a concept designed to integrate Tourism with

Astronomy and Space Sciences Activities. SPACE organizes tours for

students to Space Camps (NASA and other Space agencies), Astronomy

Camps (outdoor camps with astronomy activities), Observatories Study

Tours (in India and Abroad), Event Based Tourism (Eclipse Chasing etc.),

Space Clubs at Resorts & Hotels, Star Parties, Workshops

(Astrophotography, telescope making etc.), Fun Science Games and

Activities and Life Skill and Stress Management Packages.

www.astrotourism.in

Gnomon Astrotech Pvt. Ltd. manufactures and delivers products like

Telescopes, Binoculars, Spotting Scopes, Optical Accessories, Mounts,

Cleaning Supplies, Books & Stationary, Games & Toys, Photography Aids,

Night Vision Equipments, Mobile and Fixed Planetariums. SPACE Arcade is

our flagship retail outlet which has been successfully running since January,

2010. www.spacearcade.in

SPACE Foundation, Science Popularisation Association of

Communicators and Educators is an NGO, founded in 2001, with the goal of

popularising science via Astronomy and Space Sciences. This organisation

targets the public, the media and the students. SPACE Foundation works to

empower and enrich lives by creating job opportunities and entrepreneurial

opportunities for the common man in these domains. www.space-india.org Find out more about SPACE here:

SPACE Website: SPACE Calendar:SPACE Image Gallery:SPACE Video Gallery:

Follow us on: www.facebook.com/spacianTweet us at: www.twitter.com/spacian

SPACE Group

Coordinates: 28 deg 37' 20”N, 77 deg 4' 41”E

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OUR VISION

RECENT ACHIEVEMENT

All India Asteroid Search Campaign, 2010 & 2011

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ACE Group was formed in 2001, with the aim of changing the face of Science Education in India through path-breaking and innovative concepts, services and programs. The goal was to

popularise and spread Astronomy and Space Sciences amongst the Indian masses, especially children.

Sachin Bahmba, Chairman and Managing Director of SPACE Group started the pioneering effort to bring about a change in the way science and astronomy was perceived and taught.

Astronomy and science have the scope to intrigue the minds of all, regardless of age and SPACE Group is the pioneer organization taking it to its highest business potential. SPACE Group offers a wide range of products and services ranging from recreational science solutions, skill development workshops, stress management, educational, astro-tourism and other customised services for clients.

“Empowering Life with Science”.

All India Asteroid Search Campaign' urges the students to participate in

real-time experimentation. SPACE with “International Astronomical

Search Collaboration (IASC)” USA, offers students a wonderful

opportunity to search for new asteroids in the universe. IASC is a

collaboration of various international space science organsations and

observatories.

AIASC was conducted in 2010 for the first time in India where two Delhi

students created history by hunting for asteroids.

In 2011, the campaign has brought more success and applause

as students from 62 participating schools/organisations

discovered 1 rare Trojan asteroid, 4 Main Belt Asteroids, 8 NEO

Confirmations and 298 NEO Observations.

SPACE CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS

Live Internet Telescope

Project, 2011

Heliodyssey – A student

scientific expedition to

view solar eclipses

Project Khoj, Search for

Greenwich of India,

2004–2006

Vamana Project, 2004

SPACE brought the 'Internet

Telescope' project for the first time

in India in collaboration with IASC

(International Astronomy Search

Collaboration), USA. The students

remotely commanded a CCD

camera on the telescope situated in USA to take images of asteroids,

comets, and deep sky objects.

SPACE started 'Heliodyssey' in

2006, which provides opportunities

to the public and especially

students to travel to Total Solar

Eclipse locations around the world

and work with scientists and astronomers to participate in scientific

observations and experiments. The students, selected via

competitions get full sponsorship. Eclipse observations so far covered

by SPACE include eclipses in Turkey, Russia, Indonesia, China,

Maldives and India.

Project Khoj, a multi-phase project,

involved locating the Indian

Standard Time line near Mirzapur

(82.5E) by groups of teachers and

students from across India. Khoj has found mention in the Oxford

University Press text book “Maps, Measurements and Meanings”.

The Vamana Project involved

measuring the Earth through

observations using the Venus

transit. This was the first instance in

the field of science education in

India where 25000 students from

250 schools across 16 Indian cities

participated in a 3 stage scientific project, calculating the distance

between the Earth and the Sun with 2% accuracy.

SPACE CAPTURES ECLIPSES BY LAND,

WATER AND SKIES

Mass Public Watch in

Bihar, July 2009 – By Land

First Eclipse Passenger

Flight, July 2009 – By

Skies

First Eclipse Cruise,

Maldives, Jan 2010 – By

Water!

Project Paridhi, 2011-12

International Solar Eclipse Conference

About 1.4 lac people gathered at Taregana, the hometown of Aryabhatta despite superstitions to view the Total Solar Eclipse. The Chief Minister of Bihar, Mr. Nitish Kumar attended and congratulated SPACE for this unique endeavour.

History was created when SPACE organized the 1st Indian eclipse passenger flight- “Level Four-One-Zero” in collaboration with Cox and Kings on 22nd July, 2009, that

flew over Bihar to show the total eclipse from 41000 feet above sea level!

SPACE partnered with Louis Cruises India to take about 650 passengers aboard the luxury liner Aquamarine from Kochi to Maldives and back to view the Annular Solar Eclipse

UPCOMING EVENTS

SPACE is embarking on yet another international citizen science project to measure the size of the earth with shadow measurements – “Project Paridhi – measure the earth again” on Equinoxes and Solstices

SPACE is gearing for International Solar Eclipse Conference to be held from 15-17 December, 2011. The Conference would invite a gathering of notable Eclipse Chasers, eminent scientists and astronomers.

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