Nellie Bly is best known for agreeing to feign insanity in order to investigate reports of brutality and neglect at the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island. Her reports were published in the New York World, and later compiled into a book, Ten Days in a Mad-House. As a reporter, Bly also broke records for […]

Join community author Shanna Swenson as she discusses her books, what inspired her to write them and her personal journey of self discovery and self-publishing. Ms. Swenson will be available to sign books at the end of the discussion. Books will also be available for sale.

Almost 50 years ago on July 20, 1969 the first humans set foot on the Moon. Today, the Moon is still the farthest our species has traveled, but not the farthest we've explored. Join Lesley Simanton-Coogan of the University of North Georgia's (UNG) George E. Coleman, Sr. Planetarium to learn about exploration in our solar […]

In 1969, half a century ago, mankind watched as humans stepped foot onto a celestial body other than the Earth for the first time. The tumultuous Space Race of the preceding decade challenged imaginations, rapidly advanced technologies, and captivated the world's attention. In the decades that followed the Apollo missions we have seen rovers sent […]

Local NASA Solar System Ambassador, Curt Godwin, will discuss NASA's past and future human space exploration efforts, including the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing and the Space Launch System scheduled to land on the moon by 2024, and the commercial partnerships required for missions' success. The Commercial Crew Program is a partnership between […]