Astronomy Exhibit Coming to Newport News

On November 29th, the Virgil I. Grissom Library in Newport News will welcome a new exhibit celebrating four hundred years of astronomy. "Visions of the Universe:  Four Centuries of Discovery" will span the evolution of astronomy, from Galileo's first observations through a telescope to modern images from the Hubble Space Telescope.  The exhibit will be on display through February 15th and is free to the public.

It bears pointing out that the library that will host the exhibit is named for an explorer.  Virgil Grissom was better known as known as Gus Grissom, one of NASA's original Mercury seven astronauts.  Grissom and his fellow astronauts did much of their training at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton.

To promote the traveling exhibit, the American Library Association has provided the media with some beautiful, high-resolution photos from the Hubble Space Telescope.  The graphic at the top of this post is an example.  You can view more here.

Links:
www.nngov.com/pressroom/press-releases/universeexhibit
NASA Langley's role in Project Mercury