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 PHOENIX: LIVE!
Monday, 26th May 2008
The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) will be hosting a 'live' event
to mark the landing of NASA's latest mission to the red planet
- Phoenix.
The public are invited to come
to CDSCC's Visitor Centre to watch events unfold as the Phoenix
spacecraft plunges through the Martian atmosphere for a scheduled
touchdown in the northern polar regions of Mars on the morning
of Monday 26th May, 2008.
We will be screening live coverage
from NASA TV, providing talks about the mission and showing images
as they become available.
The details:
WHEN:
• Commencing 8.30am, Monday,
26th May (closing at 5pm)
LANDING
TIME:
• Confirmation of landing is expected
around 9.53am
PRESENTATIONS:
• We will be screening live coverage
from NASA TV.
• There will be several talks and video
presentations through the day
..as events unfold.
IMAGES
FROM MARS:
• First images from Phoenix should be
in just before 1pm that day.
WHERE:
• Canberra Deep Space Communication
Complex
..Visitor Centre - Open 8.30am
to 5pm - Entry: FREE
..Discovery Drive, Tidbinbilla
..How
to Get Here - MAP
ALL WELCOME!
OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC
 VISITOR CENTRE - The Canberra
Space Centre is open 7 days, 9am-5pm. Come and see Australia's
largest permanent exhibit of flown space hardware and memorabilia.
See a piece of the Moon over 3.8 billion years old. Check out
what the well-dressed astronaut wears and the types of food they
eat. Learn about the important role that Australia plays in the
exploration of space. Sit back and watch a movie in our Space
Theatre or relax with a meal or coffee in the Moon Rock Café
with magnificent views of the Complex.
Canberra
Space Centre is on Tourist Drive 5 - Discovery Drive, Tidbinbilla
(from
the north: off Cotter & Paddy's River Rds; from the south:
across Point Hut Crossing & Tidbinbilla Rd) (approx.
45 mins from city)
See our How
to get there
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