NASA Explores

Join Planetarium Director Andy Flynt as he shares a brief history of three satellites on display at the Chesnee Library this month. Mariner 9 was sent to Mars in 1971 to send back the first photos of the Red Planet. Stardust was launched in 1999 and sent to Comets Wild-2 and Tempel 1, returning dust samples from Wild-2 back to Earth in 2006. Dawn was launched in 2007 and orbited protoplanet Vest and the dwarf planet Ceres, sending back information on both and how to the solar system was formed. Afterward he will give an update on the progress of our new Planetarium.