North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Astronomy Days, has been changed to be a fully virtual event.
It will take place from January 24th to 30th, 2022.
The theme of Astronomy Days this years is Venus: Our Hot Twin.
Schedule for Astronomy Days
You can find a list of all the virtual programs, and links to register for each, here.
Monday, January 24th
- 5 to 5:45 p.m.: Design-a-Planet Kids’ Craft
Tuesday, January 25th
- 12 to 1 p.m.: NASA’s “EYES” Applications for everybody
- 4 to 5 p.m.: Home Sweet Home: Exploring Space Without Having to Leave Your Backyard
- 5 to 6 p.m.: High-Powered Rocketry
- 6 to 7 p.m.: Virtual Science Trivia
Wednesday, January 26th
- 10 to 11 a.m.: The Webb Space Telescope
- 2 to 3 p.m.: Human Spaceflight 2021
- 4 to 5 p.m.: Europa Clipper: NASA’s Next Mission to Jupiter
- 6 to 7 p.m.: Getting From Here to There
Thursday, January 27th
- 10 to 11 a.m.: Scales of the Universe
- 12 to 1 p.m.: Venus: Earth’s Evil Sibling
- 2 to 2:45 p.m.: 2021 in Space Exploration
- 6 to 7 p.m.: A History of Mars Exploration
Friday, January 28th
- 10 to 11 a.m.: Picking the Right Rocket
- 2 to 3 p.m.: SpaceX and Commercial Space
- 4 to 5 p.m.: InSight — 3 Years on Mars
- 6 to 7 p.m.: Return to the Moon
Saturday, January 29th
- 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Astronaut Stanley Love: Why Mars is Hard
- 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.: The Scientific Endeavors of JWST: A Journey Through the Solar System
- 3 to 3:55 p.m.: We Are Made of Star Stuff — Stardust in the Laboratory
- 4 to 4:45 p.m.: How to Make Stars Next to Black Holes
- 5 to 6 p.m.: BRUIE: An Underwater Rover That May Explore the Ocean Moons of Saturn and Jupiter
Sunday, January 30th
- 12 to 1 p.m.: The Solar System’s Formative Years
- 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.: The Fermi Paradox: Why E.T. Can’t Phone Home
- 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.: Dragonfly: A Drone Mission to Titan
Accessibility for Astronomy Days
Live captioning will be provided for all programs, with the exception of videos and movies. ASL interpreters are available upon request. Please contact accessibility@naturalsciences.org at least 72 hours prior to the start of the program. Spanish captioning will be available on the NCMNS YouTube channel for all archived Astronomy Days 2022 programs.
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