On Friday
and Saturday, Fernbank Science Center hosts several events in celebration of
NASA’s 60th birthday.Our celebration
begins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September 28 with a special presentation by Suzanne
Slade, author of Countdown: 2979 Days to
the Moon published by Peachtree Publishers, Inc. This free presentation and discussion will be
in the Jim Cherry Memorial Planetarium. A book signing will follow.
At 8:00
p.m., the Jim Cherry Memorial Planetarium presents a special fulldome feature, NASA’s 60 Years in Space, hosted by Fernbank
Science Center planetary geologist and NASA Space Grant Fellow Scott Harris.
Our celebration
continues Saturday with NASA-themed family activities in our exhibit hall from
10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. We will feature a special planetarium line-up
starting at 11:00 a.m. with The Solar System Today, a live-narrated tour
through our night sky that will highlight NASA’s major discoveries as we stop
at each planet for some in-depth exploration.
At 12:00
p.m., we present the popular planetarium program We Choose Space.
At 1:00
p.m., NASA-funded planetary scientist Brad Thompson, assistant research
professor at the University of Tennessee, will present a free special talk,
“The Moon or Mars? Our Future in Space.”
The talk and
discussion will flow into a special free showing of NASA’s 60 Years in Space, beginning at approximately 2:00 p.m.
At 3:00 p.m.,
we present the fulldome show NASA’s
Journey to Mars.
Please join
us as we remember 60 years of discoveries and discuss the frontiers of
tomorrow.
Questions
about Ms. Slade’s presentation may directed to Fernbank Science Center Teacher
Librarian Sue Levine ([email protected]),
and general inquires about the celebration event may be directed to Scott
Harris ([email protected]).