ADVENTURES, MUSINGS & OTHER MISCELLANY

ADVENTURES, MUSINGS & OTHER MISCELLANY

Or the strange places I land in

Istanbul
Adventure

ISTANBUL

The bustling metropolis of Istanbul is one of the most important centers for trade and commerce worldwide and has been for centuries.

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Exploring our world
Exploration

EXPLORING OUR REMARKABLE WORLD

Have you ever looked up at the stars and wondered what it would be like to explore them? Today, technology and exploration have formed a captivating marriage that offers us all mind-blowing possibilities.

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Adventure

GREECE

There’s so much history here that it feels like you’re standing on top of an ancient ruin every time your foot touches the ground.

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Haley Jackson and Mike Ruggerio at The Royal Tour premiere at Paramount Studios
Filmmaking

THE ROYAL TOUR

If you’ve been thinking, “where’s Haley been lately?” it’s because I’ve been head down working hard behind the scenes.

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Adventure

JET CANOPY

The jet was gaining speed and we just started to rotate (lift off the ground) when the pilot’s canopy broke loose, hit him in the helmet and flew off the airplane!

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Exploration

IGNITING CURIOSITY & INSPIRING SUPPORT

On an extraordinary four-day “camp,” I had the honor of combining a few of my passions: creating an unforgettable experience, ocean and space exploration, and connecting people.

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Exploration
Exploration

A NOTE ON EXPLORATION

Boundaries are created by our beliefs. They aren’t meant to keep us in, but to serve as starting points to see how much further out we can go.

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Haley Jackson Portfolio Wired Science Norton Sales
Space

NEED A SPARE PART FOR YOUR SPACESHIP?

This is possibly one of the coolest places in Los Angeles. It’s the home of Space Age Junk and Modern Collectibles. Serious rocketeers, NASA engineers, and Hollywood set designers come here for inspiration and surplus rocket parts.

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Exploration

BEE OF THE ABYSS

Our task was diving to 113 feet and flying around the beautiful ancient forest that lay at the bottom of the lake. We were finishing up surveying and mapping the locations of the ancient trees. We were about two feet down when we discovered an accidental hitchhiker.

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Sea Launch
Space

ROCKET LAUNCHES FROM AN OLD OIL PLATFORM

Imagine a derelict oil platform from the North Sea rescued by a Norwegian company and retrofitted into a semi-submersible, self-propelled floating launchpad that can be positioned for launch in almost any water in the world. Add rockets built by Ukrainian and Russian companies that were once designed to carry nuclear weapons, but are now perfect carriers for communications satellites.

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