Events Archive | Lowell Lectures on Astronomy
The Museum annually hosts dozens of special events featuring everything from astronauts to artists, robots to raptors. See who has joined us over the years for these special offerings; many listings include audio, video, and reference materials.
- One Giant Leap: Space Exploration and the New Pioneers (Lecture)
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Could the key to future space exploration lie in revisiting where we have already been? NASA and private companies are using travel to the Moon as a way to expand the space frontier. Both the public and the private sectors will be essential for creating the necessary new technologies to accomplish this task ... (details).
With: Ken Davidian, "Encourage, Facilitate, and Promote" program lead, FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation; Joanne Gabrynowicz, JD, director, National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law, The University of Mississippi; William Pomerantz, senior director for space projects, X Prize Foundation; Geoff Yoder, director for the Constellation Systems Division in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate; Moderated by Spencer Reiss, contributing editor, Wired Magazine.
This presentation is part of the ongoing series Lowell Lectures on Astronomy.
May 13, 2009
- New Horizons Mission to Pluto (Lecture)
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Unmanned spacecraft have visited all of the planets except for Pluto, but that is about to change. The New Horizons robotic spacecraft was launched in January 2006 and is en route to Pluto and the outer solar system. What do astronomers expect to learn from this mission, and will it further change our ... (details).
With: Richard Binzel PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
This presentation is part of the ongoing series Lowell Lectures on Astronomy.
April 18, 2007
- Pluto and the Outer Solar System (Lecture)
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Even after Pluto was discovered in 1930, astronomers continued their search for an elusive tenth planet. Decades of exploration along with advances in technology led to the discovery of icy objects more distant and sometimes even larger than Pluto. What are these objects that dwell in the outer solar ... (details).
With: Michael Brown, PhD, California Institute of Technology.
This presentation is part of the ongoing series Lowell Lectures on Astronomy.
April 11, 2007
- Planetary Perils in Prague (Lecture)
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By the end of the twentieth century, it was common knowledge that there were nine planets in our solar system. However, a group of international astronomers gathered in Prague last year and reorganized our understanding of our solar system. Pluto was put into a category different from the other planets ... (details).
With: Owen Gingerich PhD, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
This presentation is part of the ongoing series Lowell Lectures on Astronomy.
April 04, 2007
