Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
2020-01-18T15:49:34-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/b00/20200118155511003_hd.jpgThe Morehead Planetarium was the first built in the South and is located on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Todd Boyette, director of the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, explained how NASA used the facility to train over 60 astronauts for space missions.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2019 LCV Cities Tour” in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from October 24-30, 2019, to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Charter cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2019 LCV Cities Tour” in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from October 24-30, 2019, to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Charter cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2.
The Morehead Planetarium was the first built in the South and is located on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Todd Boyette,… read more
The Morehead Planetarium was the first built in the South and is located on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Todd Boyette, director of the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, explained how NASA used the facility to train over 60 astronauts for space missions.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2019 LCV Cities Tour” in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from October 24-30, 2019, to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Charter cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2. close
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