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Celestron Donates SkyScout® Personal Planetarium™ And Traveler 10×25 Porro Binoculars To Inquisitive Scouts As Part Of Ongoing Program To Promote Interest In Space Exploration And Astronomy

  TORRANCE, CA – (September 12, 2007) – Boy Scouts of the Cornhusker Council, in Southeast Nebraska have the opportunity to send questions to NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson, who is currently in space aboard the International Space Station. Celestron, a leading manufacturer of high-quality optical products including computerized and non-computerized telescopes and related accessories, binoculars, spotting scopes and microscopes, will award exploration prizes to the 20 Boy Scouts chosen to ask their questions. 19 Scouts will receive Traveler 10×25 Porro binoculars, and one lucky winner will receive the SkyScout® Personal Planetarium™. Read the rest of this entry »

Celestron President & CEO Joe Lupica along with representatives from the Boy Scouts of America’s Venturer, Boy Scout and Sea Scout programs announced a collaboration at the Boy Scouts of America National Annual Meeting on May 23rd to further encourage interest in astronomy and space exploration beginning with a donation of 200 Celestron SkyScouts.  (click here for hi-res image)

SkyScout Personal Planetariums Donated To Scout Camps Nationwide

WASHINGTON D.C. (May 23, 2006) – The Boy Scouts of America (BSA), the nation’s foremost youth character development program, in partnership with Celestron, a leading designer and manufacturer of telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes and microscopes, announced a joint program to encourage interest in space exploration and astronomy among America’s youth, beginning with a donation of 200 Celestron SkyScouts. Read the rest of this entry »