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Pop-up exhibition in the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Rock Room

21 February 2013

The Rock Room, which displays Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø's Geology Collection, will be hosting a special one-off pop-up exhibition between 12.

Mars 30-2.30pm on Friday, March 1st, curated by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø and Birkbeck PhD students from the Centre for Planetary Sciences.

Impact! will feature NASA images of the Moon and Mars taken from the Regional Planetary Image Facility at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø, one of only seven centres outside the USA (and the only in the UK) to house the archive of NASA planetary images from the 1960s until the present day.

Visitors will be able to view photos of the Moon from Lunar Orbiter (1966-67) and Apollo missions (1963-72) and compare them to images of Mars taken by the Viking 1 and 2 Missions (1976-1980). The exhibition will also feature meteorites from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø and Birkbeck Collections.


The exhibition curators will be on hand to discuss their research and answer any questions on the photos and objects on display.

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