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Dr Niamh Shaw, a performer, scientist and engineer, is passionate about awakening people's curiosity. Formerly a full-time academic and published author in peer-reviewed journals she embarked on a career which merges science, art, technology and humanity and is currently the Artist in Residence at CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory, Cork. Niamh regularly contributes popular science/tech related topics on national TV and radio, including TV3's Late Lunch Live for Science Foundation Ireland, as well as speaking publicly at events including TEDxUCD, Trailblazery (2013), Space Expo (Trinity College), Festival of Curiosity (Space Tourist 2014; Curious Tales with Dara O’Briain, 2013).
Her most recent science art performance,'To Space’, funded by Science Foundation Ireland (in partnership with CIT BCO) & The Arts Council of Ireland about Irelands involvement in Space, premiered at Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival and will be presented at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August this year, supported by Culture Ireland.

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Sol 13 | Our Last Day On Mars

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Final Communication to Earth from Mars, Crew 173 on the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), Utah. That’s it folks- we are finally on our last Sol here on Mars. Crew 174 arrived a few hours ago and are settling in nicely. We have completed…
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Sol 11 | A Thousand Photographs Of Mars

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Communication to Earth from Mars, Crew 173 Mars Desert Research Station, Sol (Martian day) 11: Another busy day here at the Mars Desert Research Station for Crew 173. While Idriss continued to work on his 3D printed bricks, Richard…
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Sol 10 | A Short Screen Play Set On Mars

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Communication to Earth, Sol 10, from Crew 173 Mars Desert Research Station, Utah. Journal Report We had aliens here today- from France, on Earth. Laurent and Jacques, two journalists from the French television station FR2. We got super…
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Sol 7 | The Inspirational Power Of Mars

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Communication with Earth, Sol 7, from Crew 173 on the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah. The Power of Mars It's 1977 and I’m 8 years old. We have just moved to a small town in Ireland called Carlow. It's summertime so we have no…