The public is invited to virtually attend NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday, September 26 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. CDT. The event will feature presentations, demonstrations, video clips, and a question-and-answer session with NASA scientists and engineers. In particular, a discussion on geology and the elements of art, a presentation on the SOFIA mission and its connection to Artemis and lunar water, and a demonstration on volcanoes and how to build and erupt your own volcano at home.
Content will be streamed via NASA TV, the Goddard Visitor Center Facebook page and on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. NASA experts will be online throughout the event to answer questions. The first 40 minutes is pre-recorded content followed by 20 minutes of live Q&A with NASA scientists/engineers.
International Observe the Moon Night is sponsored by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission and the Solar System Exploration Division of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, with many contributors. LRO is managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
No registration is needed.
For more information about International Observe the Moon Night, visit: https://moon.nasa.gov/observe
For more information about LRO, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/lro
For more information on the Moon, visit: https://moon.nasa.gov