The Ross and Sue Benitez Space Exploration Forum, sponsored by the Cal Poly Physics Department, is collaborating with NASA PUNCH mission officials to create an afternoon of public presentations and family-oriented, hands-on activities. The public forum will include solar telescope observing and eight inspiring tabletop educational activities and demos. The PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission is scheduled to launch Feb. 27 from Vandenberg Space Force base to study solar wind.
This event is Sunday February 23. Public talks from mission scientists will be at 1:00 and 3:00, with family-friendly activities from 2:00-3:00, all taking place at the Advanced Technology Labs on the Cal Poly campus.