Asteroid Day: Celebrate Virtually with Christa McAuliffe Center, June 30

Events, Virtual/Online

The Christa McAuliffe Center at Framingham State University will celebrate Asteroid Day on June 30 with at-home activities:

  • 9AM-3PM: Videos, websites, and other at-home activities for kids, including Make a Crater and Incoming!, a 25-minute film.
  • 3PM: The Hunt for Asteroids, live-streamed webinar for middle school and families, with Pat Monteith, author and NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador (Registration required).
  • 6PM: Planetary Defense 101: Discussion for high school and adults about the threat of an asteroid hitting the Earth, with Dr. Alissa Haddaji, Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (Registration required).