Science Utah: Back to the Moon

Science Utah: Back to the Moon — a PBS film and Science Utah Lecture, in collaboration with PBS Utah.

The road back to the Moon has begun. With Artemis set to land the next astronauts on the lunar surface, explore how life aboard the International Space Station and cutting-edge metallurgical engineering are building the technologies that will make it possible. Join Clark Planetarium and PBS Utah as we explore the realities and future of space travel.

Film — Moonrise on the ISS
- Drawn from over 250 hours of footage and video diaries filmed on the International Space Station. Inspired by the Emmy-winning virtual reality series Space Explorers: The ISS Experience. Features astronauts Anne McClain, Victor Glover, and David Saint-Jacques. Offers a look at life aboard the ISS and the future of space exploration.

Science Utah Lecture — "Materials for Living and Working in Space: From the ISS to the Moon"
- Space exploration places extraordinary demands on materials: extreme temperatures, radiation, micrometeoroid impacts, and vacuum.
- This lecture introduces how materials scientists design metals and structures that allow humans and machines to operate in these harsh environments, using examples from the ISS, lunar exploration technologies, and current NASA collaborations.
- The presentation will include insights from working with NASA researchers and interactions with astronauts.

Speaker
Dr. Suhas Eswarappa Prameela is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Utah’s John and Marcia Price College of Engineering. He previously held dual postdoctoral fellowships at MIT in Aeronautics and Astronautics and in Materials Science and Engineering. He earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and his M.S. from Arizona State University. His research has earned honors including MIT’s Future Leader in Aerospace recognition and multiple outstanding reviewer awards.

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This event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Please reserve only the number of tickets you will use. Registration through Eventbrite.