• 1st Photograph from Space

    October 24, 1946 – First photograph of Earth from space taken by a V-2 rocket launched by the U.S. from New Mexico.

  • Goleta Monarch Butterfly Grove – Field Trip

    Description: In a good year, as many as 20,000 monarch butterflies spend the winter here in the Butterfly Grove located in the Ellwood Mesa Preserve. In the morning, most of […]

  • Genesis of Daguerreotype

    January 4, 1829: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce and Louis Daguerre form a partnership to improve photographic processes, laying the groundwork for the daguerreotype.