A Decade at Saturn with Carolyn Porco at the Hayden Planetarium

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    October 20, 2014 all-day
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    Hayden Planetarium
    81 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
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    A Decade at Saturn with Carolyn Porco at the Hayden Planetarium @ New York | New York | United States

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    A Decade at Saturn with Carolyn Porco

    Monday, October 20, 2014 at 7:30 pm

    Hayden Planetarium Space Theater
    Enter at 81st Street

    Tickets:
    $15 ($13.50 seniors, students)
    $12 Members

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    A glistening spaceship, with billions of miles behind it, glides into orbit around a softly-hued, ringed planet.  A flying-saucer shaped machine descends through a hazy atmosphere and lands on the surface of an alien moon, ten times farther from the Sun than the Earth.  Fantastic though they seem, these visions are not a dream.  For seven years, the Cassini spacecraft and its Huygens probe traveled to Saturn.  Their successful entry into orbit in the summer of 2004, the mythic landing of Huygens on the cold, dark equatorial plains of Titan, and Cassini’s subsequent decade-long exploration of the saturnian environment have become the stuff of legend.  What they have shown us, and the images they have collected, are being closely examined in the pursuit of invaluable scientific insights on the nature of this very remote planetary system. Come along for the ride with Cassini Imaging Team Leader, Carolyn Porco, and witness the sights and magic worked by these emissaries from Earth to the enchanting realm of Saturn.