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Living with a Star

Exploring Space Lectures

May 15, 2008 | 8pm

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Free, Tickets Required

6:00 pm: Doors Open for informal educational programming

7:00 pm: FREE showing of 3D Sun

7:30 pm: Meet the Lecturer

8:00 pm: Lecture begins

Dr. Barbara Thompson will further explore the Sun-Earth connection and how it is being studied by the armada of ground-based and space-based observatories that are making more than a global effort, cooperating in the International Heliophysical Year (IHY). She will highlight results from the SOHO satellite mission and will describe how the program "Living with a Star" supports the goals of the IHY.

Pre-lecture activities, including Discovery Stations, a film feature, and a "get to know the lecturer" warm-up with the lecturer begin at 6:00 p.m.

The Exploring Space Lectures are made possible by the generous support of NASA, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp and Aerojet.

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