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Virtual Asteroid Day Celebration
June 30, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Thursday, June 30
7-8:30 p.m.
VIRTUAL: Free on Facebook and YouTube
Join us for a celebration all about asteroids. Learn about global efforts to highlight asteroid detection, cutting-edge asteroid research, as well as the current and future missions to explore them. Expert scientists will explore the latest asteroid science and answer your biggest questions and dig in and try asteroid experiments and become an asteroid detective.
This year we will focus on NASA’s up and coming Psyche mission, scheduled to launch this summer. The Psyche mission is a journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. Find out what we can expect to learn about this unique asteroid.
