From CU Boulder Today: The Fiske Planetarium at CU Boulder is headed Forward! To the Moon.
This Friday, the planetarium will host the public premier of a new science film鈥攁 30-minute adventure into the Artemis Program, NASA鈥檚 campaign to send human and robotic astronauts to the surface of the moon this decade. It鈥檚 an out-there experience: Viewers will jump into the cockpit of NASA鈥檚 new Orion Spacecraft, take a tour of a futuristic colony on the lunar surface and learn about upcoming CU Boulder research on the moon. They鈥檒l also enjoy sitting in the immersive experience of Fiske鈥檚 full-dome theater.
鈥淭his isn鈥檛 your grandfather鈥檚 Apollo Program, and it鈥檚 not your grandfather鈥檚 planetarium,鈥� said Jack Burns, a professor in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences who secured funding and helped to create the film.
Forward! To the Moon is a collaboration among Fiske, the NASA-funded Network for Exploration and Space Science headquartered at CU Boulder and Tend Studio in Fort Collins. It was funded by NASA and Lockheed Martin. And if you can鈥檛 make it to Boulder, don鈥檛 worry鈥擣iske will begin distributing the production for free to hundreds of planetariums across the country in April.
Burns and John Keller, director of Fiske, introduced Forward! To the Moon during a screening for members of the space community earlier this month. The scientists kicked off the event by giving the audience one small caution: Just don鈥檛 say that NASA is going back to the moon. Read more...
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