NASA Documentary - Planetary Defenders
At Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Lê Planetarium
Chemistry Building, Room 1001
Thursday, October 9
7:00 pm – Planetary Defenders
As we gear up for World Space Week, the Lê Planetarium has planned a series of events themed around ASTEROIDS. World Space Week is an annual holiday observed from October 4 to 10 in over 95 nations throughout the world and is "an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition". World Space Week is the largest annual space event in the world. In 2019, World Space Week was celebrated with over 8,000 events in 96 countries.
In 2016, NASA established the Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) to manage the agency's ongoing mission of finding, tracking, and better understanding asteroids and comets that could pose an impact hazard to Earth.
±·´¡³§´¡â€™s&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Planetary Defenders is a gripping documentary that delves into the high-stakes world of asteroid detection and planetary defense by journeying alongside NASA’s dedicated team of scientists, astronomers, and engineers who discover, track, and monitor near-Earth asteroids to safeguard Earth from potential impacts.
FREE and open to the public! No early reservations needed. Seating is first-come first-serve.
World Space Week activities at the Lê Planetarium:
October 1 – Planetarium Show, 7:00 pm, $4 – Firefall
October 3 – Bad Movie Night, 6:30 pm, $4 – Meteor (1979)
October 8 – Planetarium Show, 7:00 pm, $4 – Killer Asteroids with NASA Solar System Ambassador, Jason Fite
October 9 – Free Public Event, 7:00 pm – NASA Documentary Planetary Defenders
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