Author: Kids Talk Radio Science and the Barboza Space Center

Bob Barboza is an educator, STEM and STEAMD++ journalist, software designer, and founder/director of the Barboza Space Center, Kids Talk Radio and Super School Software. We are training junior astronauts, scientists, engineers, and pilots. Contact: Suprschool@aol.com
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How ‘Star Trek’ legend Nichelle Nichols helped shape a diverse future for NASA

Check out the documentary ” Women in Motion.” Amazon/Prime By Breeanna Hare, CNN Updated 9:55 PM ET, Sun May 9, 2021  https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/09/entertainment/nichelle-nichols-nasa-star-trek/index.html (CNN)Start a conversation about the power of Afrofuturism, and it won’t be long before “Star Trek” legend Nichelle Nichols’s name is dropped. As the iconic Lt. Uhura, the actress made television history with her portrayal of […]

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Growing Plants in Antarctica

May 4, 2021 NASA Researcher Harvests Crops in Antarctica Jess Bunchek, a plant scientist from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, harvests Mizuna mustard greens inside EDEN ISS, a greenhouse at the Neumayer III station in Antarctica, on April 28, 2021. Bunchek is spending about a year in Antarctica conducting controlled environment plant research in isolated and remote […]

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Flying on Mars

Mar 31, 2021 NASA Aeronautics on Mars (and Earth) NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover successfully landed on the Red Planet on Feb. 18. The probe is carrying a small helicopter called Ingenuity that could result in the Martian equivalent of the Wright Brothers first historic flight on Earth. A small team of NASA’s aeronautical innovators contributed […]

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Photos From Mars

Photo From NASA’s Mars Rover Shows Where Ancient Lake and River May Have Joined byAdmin on3:47 PMinSpace NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured a spectacular image of an area near its landing site that scientists believe was the location where an ancient Martian lake and river once joined. The rover’s landing site, which NASA has named after the late […]

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Women in Motion Documentary About Space (Do you Remember Star Trek?)

The Nichelle Nichols Documentary: WOMAN IN MOTION is out and Streaming Across the Universe! My good friend Ivor Dawson from the “Traveling Space Museum.” Is in this new documentary.  He has been supporting Nichelle Nichols for several years and he is currently helping me with the Barboza Space Center’s First School on Mars astronaut training program.   I […]

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Growing Seeds on Mars

Seeds on Mars Growing plants on the surface of the Moon and MarsResearchers tested the growth of 10 different common food crops in simulated regolith, a rocky substance lacking organic material found on the surface of Mars and the Moon. Posted on October 5, 2020 by Jéssica Carneiro Oliveira The reality of being able to live and settle […]