STEM Expansion: “Astrobiology”
This program offers advanced topics, activity extensions and all-new games and demonstrations to older youth. Certificates are earned and archived as well as modern experiments take place. There are also ...
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Evening Sky Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing gibbous Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 31° in Sagittarius. Please keep headlights off while ...
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OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Party
Highland Road Park ObservatoryIt's been quite a while since HRPO has arranged a NASA party. This one is going to be one of the most memorable. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is visiting Earth only ...
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Friday Night Lecture Series: “Artificial Intelligence”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryNo other year of our lives has seen such a social shift in awareness regarding the day-to-day effect government and private use of AI has on the existence of the ...
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Evening Sky Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 34° in Pisces. Please keep headlights off while ...
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Science Academy: “Power in the House III”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryThe last of this three-session series has Cadets focus on how the motion of water can be a source of back-up power.
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Evening Sky Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning gibbous Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 27° in Aries. Please keep headlights off while ...
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Friday Night Lecture Series: “Apollo 7 55th Anniversary”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryDonn Eisele, Wally Schirra and Walter Cunningham demonstrated the ability of the command and service module—paving the way for our trips to the Moon that eventually led to the landings. ...
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Evening Sky Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the Last Quarter Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and leaving. Drive slowly!
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Science Academy: “The Spooky Session”
Highland Road Park ObservatoryIt’s the month of the Spooky Spectrum! Cadets will preview some of that event’s concepts, experiencing creepy legends and tales from the annals of space exploration.
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Evening Sky Viewing
Highland Road Park ObservatoryWeather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below the horizon. Please keep headlights off while parking and leaving. Drive slowly!
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Light Pollution Committee Meeting
Highland Road Park ObservatoryAre you a local skygazer, homeowner, business owner, science teacher or stakeholder interested reclaiming a natural sky above HRPO and its surrounding while simultaneously saving money and energy, and making ...