April 17, 2011: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers New York

Join me as I talk about 2011's amazing NASA missions. I'll do an overview of the upcoming launch of the Juno mission to Jupiter, marking NASA's return to the King of the Planets. I'll also talk about the arrival of MESSENGER at Mercury, which took place on March 17. I'll also give a preview of the Dawn Mission to the asteroid Vesta, which is the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid. Finally, I'll talk about NASA's flagship mission to Mars: Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory, which will seek out past life on Mars. Join us, it'll be an amazing afternoon and a whirlwind of exciting news!

The Hudson River Museum is up in Yonkers, and features the only hourly planetarium show in the NYC Metro area. To get direction and more information, pleases visit http://www.hrm.org.

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About Jason Kendall

I am the NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador for New York City. I hold a Master of Science in Astronomy from New Mexico State University and am currently adjunct faculty at William Paterson University. I have led numerous "starwatching parties" and astronomy events in New York City, New Mexico, Minnesota and Texas. It all started way back in the fourth grade by the encouragement of two noted astronomers, Charles Schweighauser and Bart Bok. I saw Saturn through Charlie's telescope at then Sangamon State University on a clear Illinois night, and Bart encouraged me under those stars to study hard to come visit him at Kitt Peak National Observatory. I finally did make it down there about a decade after Bart passed away, and I found the favorite spots in Tucson, Arizona, where Bart and his wife Priscilla would spend when they were not gazing at the stars. Bart and his wife were pioneers in the study of the Milky Way, and their studies of the starforming regions called Bok Globules. It's even in my family. My great-grandfather was a Midwestern minister who used to preach his sermons out under the dark, cloudless nights. He always believed that getting out and experiencing the wonders of the natural world was a central part of being human. My family has always been inspired by his words: "We look up to look within." I hope that you'll join me under the stars or at one of my talks.

Come see what's up in the sky!

Jason Kendall
NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador to New York City

The Inwood Astronomy Project is thankful for the support of the NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors Program, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the New York Public Library, the International Year of Astronomy and the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York


We look up to look within