Sunday, January 29, 2023

10:30am — Saturn V: The Rocket That Took Us to the Moon
Michael P. Keefe, Raleigh Astronomy Club & NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador
All ages
Uranus Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

11am — CANCELLED Glacier National Park: The Journey to Big Sky Country
Doug Lively, Raleigh Astronomy Club & NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador
All ages
Windows on the World (3rd Floor NEC)

11am — Lucy in the Sky With Trojans
Matthew Funke, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador
8 & older
Saturn Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

11am — Coding for Astronomy
Tony Rice, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors
8 & older
Neptune Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

11:30am — Taking Off to The Stratosphere: My Experience in the World’s Largest Flying Observatory — NASA’s SOFIA
Diane Ripollone, Cardinal Gibbons High School
All ages
Uranus Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

12pm — Astrophotography without a Telescope or Star Tracker
Naveen Malik, Raleigh Astronomy Club
All ages
Windows on the World (3rd Floor NEC)

12pm — NASA’s MONSTER ROCKETS!  Comparing the Saturn V, Space Shuttle, and our new SLS
Alan Rich, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador
All ages
Saturn Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

12pm — SpaceX and Commercial Space Report 2022
Marc Fusco, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors
All ages
Neptune Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

12:30pm — How to See the Apollo Astronaut’s Footprints on the Moon
Dr. Dan Caton, App State Dark Sky Observatory
12 & older
Uranus Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

1pm — A Space Journey
NASA Astronaut Christina Koch
All ages
WRAL 3D Theater (1st Floor NEC)

1pm —2023/24 Solar Eclipses
Tony Rice, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador
All ages
Windows on the World (3rd Floor NEC)

1pm — Curiosity Rumbles On: Ten Years Exploring Mars
Ken Brandt Director, Robeson Planetarium/NCSEA Ambassador
8 & older
Saturn Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

1pm — Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) – A JAXA Mission to Phobos and Deimos
Jeff Qualls, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador
8 & older
Neptune Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

1:30pm — Avoiding Asteroid Armageddon
Matthew Funke, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador
8 & older
Uranus Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

2pm — Where Are the Aliens?
Michael P. Keefe, Raleigh Astronomy Club & NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador
All ages
Windows on the World (3rd Floor NEC)

2pm — Radio Astronomy: From the Backyard to Black Holes
Dr. Don Ellison, Department of Physics, NCSU
12 & older
Saturn Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

2:30pm — Setting Sail on the Cosmic Ocean: A photo journey with the James Webb Space Telescope
Dr. Klaus Pontoppidan, Space Telescope Science Institute
12 & older
Uranus Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)
This talk is generously supported by North Carolina Space Grant. 

3pm — A Demonstration of Observing Remotely Using App State’s Dark Sky Observatory
Dr. Dan Caton, App State Dark Sky Observatory
All ages
Windows on the World (3rd Floor NEC)

3pm — 2023/24 Solar Eclipses
Tony Rice, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador
All ages
Saturn Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

3pm — Exoplanets and Planetary Defense: Citizen Science Astronomy using Small Telescopes
Stefan Will, Raleigh Astronomy Club
12 & older
Neptune Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

3:30pm — From Apollo to Artemis
Dr. Carter Emmart, American Museum of Natural History
8 & older
Uranus Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

4pm — Human Spaceflight Report 2022
Marc Fusco, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors
All ages
Saturn Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)

4pm — The Giant Planet on Jones Street
Ron Monti, Raleigh Astronomy Club
All ages
Neptune Room, Environmental Conference Center (4th floor NRC)