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Virtual: 50th Anniversary of the Centaur Upper Stage

Virtual: 50th Anniversary of the Centaur Upper Stage Online

This presentation is an overview of the Centaur upper stage rocket --- developed, managed, and launched by northeast Ohio’s Glenn Research Center for 35 years. Centaur is the highest performing upper stage in the US space program. It has been launched over 200 times in the 50 years of its existence. Centaur has launched the most performance-demanding spacecraft to a variety of missions and locations: communication satellites to geo-transfer orbit, scientific satellites to high Earth orbit, interplanetary scientific spacecraft, and national security missions. Some of the most notable missions have been Viking landers to Mars, Cassini spacecraft to Saturn, Voyager spacecraft to Jupiter/Saturn/Uranus/Neptune, New Horizons mission to Pluto, and many others. Centaur was developed, integrated, managed, and launched by the Glenn Research Center for the first 35 years of its existence.

 

Geauga Skywatchers  is an astronomy presentation series founded by a collaboration of organizations interested in promoting scientific thinking to the young and young-at-heart through the study and practice of astronomy. 

Collaborators are Chagrin Valley Astronomical SocietyGeauga County Library SystemBurton Public LibraryGeauga Park District and The Foundation for Geauga Parks 

Date:
Monday, April 4, 2022
Time:
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Branch:
Online
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