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THU 20 - SAT 22 FEB, 6 -10PM FREE

NEW FOR 2020 INDOOR TICKETED EVENTS AT LIGHTHOUSE POOLE

Once Explorers always Explorers

Date: 21st February 2020
Day: Friday
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Lighthouse Main Theatre
Show Time: 1.5hrs including 30min Q&A
Artist/Speaker: Mark McCaughrean
Age Restriction: 12+
Price: £10.00 adult – £5 U18s

The European Space Agency’s science and exploration missions have been much in the news over recent years, with exciting results from its Gaia Milky Way surveyor and other astronomical observatories, the decade-long saga of the Rosetta comet-chasing spacecraft and its Philae lander, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter at the Red Planet, and the launch of the international BepiColombo mission to Mercury. I’ll give you an insight into these missions and others in ESA’s fleet, their challenges and scientific discoveries, and tell you what’s coming next as we continue our exploration of the solar system and the wider Universe beyond. These include a new mission to the Sun and new space telescopes spanning the electromagnetic spectrum, as well as preparations for humans to return to the Moon and travel beyond.