Heliophysics Big Year in the USAFA Planetarium

in partnership with MacLaren Society

Friday, March 1 @ 6:00pm

The sun is having a Year!  From the annular eclipse in October 2023 to the total Eclipse in April 2024 to the Parker Probe reaching the sun in December 2024, NASA is celebrating Heliophysics Big Year.  This is a year to explore solar science and the sun’s influence on the earth and on our human existence across all disciplines.  Come hear how the dynamic sun has shaped our past, is driving change in the present, and how it may affect our future.

Dara Gardner, the evening’s speaker, is a local science teacher and an Eclipse Ambassador through NASA-partner Astronomy Society of the Pacific. She trained in the Willard W. Smith Planetarium at Pacific Science Center in Seattle, where she worked for ten years. She has a BS from Texas A&M University in Biology, and an MEd in Natural Science/ Science Education from Western Washington University.

Attendees must RSVP online to reserve your seats for this event. With limited seating in the Planetarium, please only reserve seats if you know you will be attending. If you RSVP and your plans change for any reason, please email the Planetarium Director at planetarium@afacademy.af.edu so we can release your seats.