UPDATE: Astronomy Days will start two hours late, at 11am, Saturday due to the inclement weather. The Loading Dock will open at 10am for Exhibitors.
The Museum partners with the Raleigh Astronomy Club and NASA to celebrate planetary science that is out of this world!
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Keynote Address
50 Years of Solar System Exploration: New Worlds, New Discoveries
Dr. James Green, Director, NASA’s Planetary Science Division
Location: SECU Daily Planet Theater, Nature Research Center
Times: 11:30am and 2:30pm Saturday and 1pm Sunday!
Schedule of Presentations
| Windows on the World | SECU Daily Planet | NRC Classroom | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10am | Animals of the Constellations Jan Weems, Museum Educator Canceled due to weather delay | The Epic Journey of Apollo 11 Mike Lucas, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Canceled due to weather delay | |
| 11am | Aurora Mysteries Walter Fowler, M.D. Ph.D. Chapel Hill Astronomical and Observational Society | Getting Started in Astronomy with Kids Raleigh Astronomy Club | |
| 11:30 | 50 Years of Solar System Exploration: New Worlds, New Discoveries Dr. James Green, Director, NASA’s Planetary Science Division | ||
| noon | |||
| 12:30 | Animals of the Constellations Jan Weems, Museum Educator | Mars Geology: It’s More Earthlike Than You Think Tony Rice, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador | Getting Started in Astronomy Raleigh Astronomy Club |
| 1pm | |||
| 1:30 | Meteorites of North Carolina Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D., Information Science, Duke University | Spaceflight 101: How we get to Other Planets Alan Rich, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador | |
| 2pm | Amateur Astrophotography Raleigh Astronomy Club | ||
| 2:30 | Unlocking the Secrets of Saturn- The Cassini Mission | 50 Years of Solar System Exploration: New Worlds, New Discoveries Dr. James Green, Director, NASA’s Planetary Science Division | |
| 3pm | |||
| 3:30 | 0-g Research on NASA's Weightless Wonders Aircraft Dr. Timothy M. Ritter, UNC Pembroke | Getting Started in Astronomy with Kids Raleigh Astronomy Club | |
| 4pm | Pluto and the Great Planet Debate Ian Hewitt, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador | ||
| 4:30 |
| Windows on the World | SECU Daily Planet | NRC Classroom | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1pm | Meteorites of North Carolina Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D., Information Science, Duke University | 50 Years of Solar System Exploration: New Worlds, New Discoveries Dr. James Green, Director, NASA’s Planetary Science Division | Getting Started in Astronomy Raleigh Astronomy Club |
| 1:30 | |||
| 2pm | Animals of the Constellations Jan Weems, Museum Educator | The Scientific Search for Life in the Universe Dr. Rachel L. Smith, Director, Astronomy & Space Observation Research Laboratory, Museum of Natural Sciences, NRC* | |
| 2:30 | Amateur Astrophotography Raleigh Astronomy Club | ||
| 3pm | Animals of the Constellations Jan Weems, Museum Educator | Voyager and Discoveries at the Edge of the Solar System Ian Hewitt, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador | |
| 3:30 | Getting Started in Astronomy with Kids Raleigh Astronomy Club | ||
| 4pm | Our Next Giant Leap: Human Spaceflight in the 21st Century Marc Fusco, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador | NASA Spinoffs: Bringing Aerospace Technology into your Home Tony Rice, NASA /JPL Solar System Ambassador | |
| 4:30 |
*Dr. Rachel L. Smith is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University
Also Featuring
Mars Funky Physics Show
Dr. David Wright
Location: Environmental Conference Center, Nature Research Center 4th Floor
Saturday: 10:30am, 1:30pm, 3pm
Free Mini-workshop: Ancient Navigational Tools
Bob Alderink
Location: Natural World Investigate Lab, NRC second floor
Saturday: 10:30am, noon, 1:30pm
Sunday: 2pm
Movie: “In Saturn’s Ring - From a Dream to the IMAX Screen”
Free!
Saturday: 1pm
Sunday: 2pm
All other movies are ticketed. For more information, please contact the Museum Box Office at 919.707.9950.
NASA EXHIBITS
Come visit with NASA Educators in the Environmental Conference Center, Nature Research Center 4th Floor!
The Challenges of Getting to Mars
Mars Funky Physics Adventures
Human Exploration of Mars
Landing on Mars
Drag Race to Mars
Mars’ Geology- Similarities with the Geology in North Carolina
Twisting and Turning through Mars and the Inner Planets
Make and Take Craft
Mars Jeopardy
EDL Xbox Game
Additional Exhibits
Blast Off Bottle Rockets!
Face Painting
DART to Mars –Durham Area Rocketry Team
In Saturn’s Rings – SV2 Studios
High Power Rocketry –Tripoli Rocketry Association
Meteorites- Touch a Rock From Space! – Duke University/ISIS Program
Microgravity Research: The Weightless Lumbees – UNC Pembroke
Solar Viewing - Raleigh Astronomy Club
Scale of the Universe – Raleigh Astronomy Club
Astrophotography – Raleigh Astronomy Club
Exoplanets – Raleigh Astronomy Club
Telescopes on Display – Raleigh Astronomy Club
Modeling the Cosmos – Raleigh Astronomy Club
Your Age & Weight on Other Planets – Raleigh Astronomy Club
Your Photo on the Moon! – Town of Cary Space Camp
Ancient Navigation – NC Museum of Natural Sciences
How Craters are Formed – NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Light Pollution and Animal Navigation – NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Paint Comet Craft! - NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Astro-Bingo! – NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Animals of the Constellations –NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Make Your Own Star Chart - NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Men on the Moon – NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Morehead Planetarium & Science Center
NC State Astrophysics
NC Academy of Sciences
Chapel Hill Astronomical and Observational Society
For more information contact bonnie.eamick@naturalsciences.org [3].