Asteroid Day 2021 - live from June 1

However, Asteroid Day is intended not only to highlight potential hazards, but also to highlight opportunities and challenges. Topics covered include asteroid discovery, planetary defense, space resources and asteroid exploration missions. Asteroid Day TV will kick off on June 1, 2021, culminating on Asteroid Day itself - June 30. Joining the effort are Discovery Science, TED, IMAX, BBC, CNN, The Planetary Society, the European Space Agency (ESA), independent filmmakers and other educational content producers.

Asteroid Day 2021 - also on Twitch and the social web

This year's Asteroid Day LIVE theme is primarily 25 years of dedicated asteroid missions, the anniversary of the "NEAR Shoemaker" launch on February 17, 1996, and the outlook for exciting future discoveries. In the process, new programming will be added to the Asteroid Day TV program on a weekly basis and updated accordingly. In addition to broadcasting via satellite, Asteroid Day 2021 will also be broadcast via the online platform Twitch. Among others, Twitch science enthusiasts/educators DeejayKnight, EJ_SA, John "The" Galloway, Dr. Pamela Gay and the CosmoQuest crew, Scott Manley and Skylias will host special live streams throughout the month leading up to Asteroid Day on June 30.

In addition to Twitch the event will also be accompanied on the social networks Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram. Further information is available on the website asteroidday.org.

About Asteroid Day

Asteroid Day was co-founded by astrophysicist and musician Dr. Brian May (Queen), Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart, filmmaker Grig Richters, and B612 Foundation President Danica Remy to educate the public about the importance of asteroids in our history and the role they play in the solar system. In 2016, the United Nations, inspired by the leadership of the Association of Space Explorers (ASE), declared Asteroid Day a global day of education to promote public awareness and knowledge about asteroids. Thousands of independently organized events have taken place around the globe, encompassing 125 of the world's 195 countries.

Asteroid Day is made possible through partnerships with the Association of Space Explorers (ASE), Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE), B612 Foundation, European Space Agency (ESA), OHB Systems, Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA), The Planetary Society, SES and Twitch. Asteroid Day, Asteroid Day LIVE, Asteroid Day TV and SpaceConnectsUs are programs of the Asteroid Foundation, a Luxembourg-based nonprofit organization.

via: PRNewswire, ASTEROID FOUNDATION
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