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Embry-Riddle Hosts Space Exploration Film Series

Daytona Beach, Fla., Jan. 27, 2006 -- A Space Studies course at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is opening its doors to the public to join students enrolled in the class in viewing 22 movies this semester.

The special topics class “Space Exploration in Film” will show one-hour movies on selected Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Miller Instructional Center auditorium on the Embry-Riddle campus at 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. in Daytona Beach. All films start at 6 p.m. and are free of charge.

Jan. 31. “Before Saturn” looks at the history of rockets, from the early Chinese efforts through the development of the Saturn I booster and the first U.S. satellite launches.

Feb. 2. “Mercury 13” tells the story of the top female aviators who passed the same tests as the seven men chosen by NASA to become the first astronauts but were denied training.

Feb. 7. “Secrets of Soviet Space Disasters” details the problems the Russians grappled with in the early years of their space program.

Feb. 14. Two movies will be shown. “X-15 Research Project” recounts NASA’s first manned space flight program and “The World Was There” reviews the Mercury project.

Feb. 16. “Project Pluto” is a look at the Cold War influence on rocket propulsion and on plans for nuclear rockets.

Feb. 21. “Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Overview” narrates the missions and achievements of America’s three manned programs.

Feb. 23. “If We Had No Moon” depicts what Earth would be like if the Moon’s orbit and environment had not stabilized.

Feb. 28. “Soviet Space: The Secret Designer” is a sketch of the life and work of Soviet rocket pioneer Sergei Korolev.

March 2. “Lunar Exploration: Past, Present, and Future” chronicles the exploration of the Moon, from the first launches to today’s planned programs.

March 9. “Different Worlds: Planets” takes a look at the variety and the extremes of our solar system’s planets.

March 14. “Martian Mission” is a fictional but realistic portrayal of a future manned mission to Mars.

March 16. “And Then There Was Voyager” follows the Voyager spacecraft through their pioneering exploration of the outer planets.

March 28. “On Jupiter” details the exploration results of the Pioneer, Voyager, and Galileo spacecraft missions and the expectations for the future.

March 30. “Cassini: Saturn” provides spectacular graphics and animation of the Cassini spacecraft’s ongoing exploration of Saturn and its moons.

April 6. “The Dream is Alive” is an IMAX film about the space shuttles, their crews, and their operations.

April 11. “Hubble: 15 Years of History” summarizes the spectacular as well as the important discoveries of the Hubble telescope.

April 13. “Skylab” reviews the problems and the successes of America’s first space station and its crews.

April 18. “Inside the International Space Station” provides an informal tour of the space station along with interviews of its astronauts, engineers, and managers.

April 20. “Passport to Pluto” covers the spacecraft, mission, and expectations of the New Horizons flight to Pluto.

April 25. “Cosmic Voyage” is an IMAX film that explores the wonders of the universe.

April 27. “Elegant Universe” takes a look at the research and theories used to explain the mysteries of the universe.

For more information, contact Dr. Lance Erickson at (386) 226-6474 or lance.erickson@erau.edu.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering. Embry-Riddle educates more than 32,000 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through the Extended Campus at more than 130 centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East, and through distance learning.