Summer Flicks

Take a break from the daily grind and come to the Goddard Library Summer Flicks Event on Tuesday, July 29 at 1:30 pm in the Goddard Library Reading Room (Building 21). The two exciting NASA films are:

Apollo 13 (The original NASA Newsreel)
See footage from the actual NASA newsreel that captured the events of the Apollo 13 mission. An explosion in one of the oxygen tanks crippled the spacecraft during flight and the crew was forced to orbit the Moon and return to the Earth without landing. This is NOT the Hollywood version of events, but actual footage from inside the capsule.
[27 minutes]

Blackout! Solar Storms and their Effects on Earth
This award-winning film illustrates with 3D animation, the phenomenal eruptions of our Sun and their effects upon the earth. Enormous ejections of solar material (Coronal Mass Ejections) and solar flares come alive in the film as intense extremes of "space weather", events that can have serious effects on power grids, communications, pipelines, and satellites.
[18 minutes]

Dr. Dave Williams from Code 600 will be on hand to discuss the movies.

Popcorn will be served!