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Our next weekend public
shows are:
Sunday, May 25
beginning at 7 p.m., until the first images from Mars arrive!
Phoenix
landing Party! we will be streaming live coverage of the
Phoenix landing on the Northern 'tundra' of Mars! this is
a special live event celebrating the (hopefully) safe landing of
Phoenix on Mars
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Key Dates/Times:
Landing: May 25, 2008, 4:53 p.m.
Pacific (earth-received time)
Schedule for Press
Briefings/NASA TV (preliminary)
May 25 4-6 p.m. PDT (landing commentary)
May 25 7:15-8:30 pm. PDT (potential for first images)
May 25 9 p.m. PDT (post-landing press conference)
May 26 10 a.m. PDT (update)
Please note that our schedule is subject to
change, as current events in space science
dictate.
Weather:
here is a link for our own clear sky clock. See whether
it'll be clear or cloudy here in SE NC.
Weekly Schedule of Summer Planetarium Shows
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DATES |
PROGRAM |
NOTES |
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July 8-10 |
Deep Impact |
Three years after this
stunning success-what have we learned about comets? |
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July 15-17 |
Solar Max! |
You’ll never see the sun the
same way again! |
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July 22-24 |
Pluto or Bust! |
The New Horizons
mission |
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July 29-31 |
Apollo magnus |
We went to the moon from 1968
to 1972…when are we going back? |
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August 5-7 |
Robots on Mars! |
The rovers are still at it,
and yet there’s more! |
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August 12-14 |
Cosmic Collisions |
What happens when objects
collide? |
Please note
that our schedule is subject to change, as current events in space
science dictate.
For reservations and other information call (910)
735-2147, or email brandtk.psrc@robeson.k12.nc.us
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Available Programs:
- Tonight's Sky: (part of
all our programs!)
- Cassini at Saturn: What
we've learned, and are learning: 6th grade program
- Space Station: program
celebrating Bill McArthur's mission aboard the ISS, and NASA's Exploration
vision
- Skytellers:
Seasons, Day and Night, or Moon Phases:
3rd grade program
- Earth vs.
Mars:
4th grade program about Earth and Martian Rocks
and Minerals
- Exploring Space: 5th grade
program
- Deep Impact/New
Horizons/Skytellers: Meteors: What
do Pluto, Comets, and meteors have in common? Our 8th
grade program explores these common threads!
- Apollo
Magnus! Men from Earth explored and
returned pieces of the moon 35 years ago. Find out
what we know, and what we've yet to learn abut our nearest
neighbor in
space.
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The Robeson Planetarium is a part of the
Public Schools of Robeson County email us at brandtk.psrc@robeson.k12.nc.us
 A member of the Southeastern
Planetarium Association |