Not your grandparents’ Apollo: Planetarium film captures NASA’s new moon missions

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Not your grandparents’ Apollo: Planetarium film captures NASA’s new moon missions Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 02/16/2022 - 13:00

Daniel Strain

From CU �鶹ӰԺ Today: The Fiske Planetarium at CU �鶹ӰԺ is headed Forward! To the Moon.

This Friday, the planetarium will host the public premier of a new science film—a 30-minute adventure into the Artemis Program, NASA’s campaign to send human and robotic astronauts to the surface of the moon this decade. It’s an out-there experience: Viewers will jump into the cockpit of NASA’s new Orion Spacecraft, take a tour of a futuristic colony on the lunar surface and learn about upcoming CU �鶹ӰԺ research on the moon. They’ll also enjoy sitting in the immersive experience of Fiske’s full-dome theater.

“This isn’t your grandfather’s Apollo Program, and it’s not your grandfather’s planetarium,” 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 �鶹ӰԺ and Tend Studio in Fort Collins. It was funded by NASA and Lockheed Martin. And if you can’t make it to �鶹ӰԺ, don’t worry—Fiske 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’t say that NASA is going back to the moon. Read more...

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