A Surround Sound Sonic and Visual Journey Through Space With the Intermedia Arts Group
Thursday April 12, 6:30pm Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave (btwn 34th & 35th) Trains: B D F V 1 2 3 6 N R Q W Free admission
Coordinated by the Science & the Arts series at the CUNY Graduate Center, this presentation is part of Yuri's Night: A Celebration of Space Exploration. Other featured guests include Tom Hendricks, former NASA astronaut and current President of McGraw-Hill's Aviation Week, a virtual tour of the universe created by the Hayden Planetarium's Carter Emmart with an audio journey by Kenji Williams, Edward Belbruno, author of Fly Me to the Moon, and Greg Olsen, Private Space Explorer/Cosmonaut.
'Yuri Gagarin was the first human to go into space on April 12th, 1961. The US Space Shuttle first launched on April 12th, 1981. Yuri's Night is like the St Patricks Day or Cinco de Mayo for space. It is one day when all the world can come together and celebrate the power and beauty of space and what it means for each of us. Join us!"
"Circling the Earth in my orbital spaceship I marveled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world, let us safeguard and enhance this beauty — not destroy it!" Yuri Gagarin, 1st person in space