University of Arizona

”Desert Moon” Special Screening

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The Center will screen Desert Moon, a film that chronicles the UA’s role in putting the first astronauts on the Moon. After the screening director Jason Davis will lead a conversation with four UA planetary scientists: Ewen Whitaker and Robert Strom, both of whom were involved in NASA’s lunar program of the 1960s; and Alfred McEwen and Kristin Block, respectively the Principal Investigator and Targeting Specialist for the UA-led Mars HiRISE project.

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