Hayden Planetarium Programs
Astronomy Live! Hubble and Friends: NASA's Great Space Observatories with Emily Rice
April 30, 2013
Hubble may be the best-known space telescope, but did you know NASA has launched over twenty such telescopes to explore the universe? This presentation by astrophysicist Emily Rice will explore the discoveries of Hubble’s friends, old and new, from the Orbiting Astronomical Observatories of the 1960s and ’70s to the James Webb Space Telescope, slated to launch in 2018.
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Frontiers Lecture: Curiosity's Mission at Gale Crater, Mars
May 8, 2013
The successful August 5, 2012, landing of the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars represents an unprecedented achievement.
Astronomical Phenomenon Revealed with Jackie Faherty
May 28, 2013
In this program, Museum research scientist Jackie Faherty uses the power of the Dome’s Zeiss IX Projector and the Museum’s Digital Universe Atlas to simulate numerous exciting celestial phenomena that you should be able to see in your lifetime.
Frontiers Lecture: Brilliant Blunders with Mario Livio
June 10, 2013
In this lecture, astrophysicist Mario Livio discusses errors by such giants as Charles Darwin, Lord Kelvin, and Albert Einstein