FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media contact: Sue Stevens, Senior Media Relations Officer, 817-272-3317, sstevens@uta.edu

ARLINGTON - The Planetarium at UT Arlington, 700 Planetarium Place, will host a free public event from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, March 6. The evening will include watching the launch of NASA's Kepler Mission on the huge planetarium screens and a showing of the planetarium's original show "Cosmic CSI," which reveals what it takes to make a habitable planet. Astrophysicist Manfred Cuntz will discuss what discoveries are expected from the Kepler Mission.

Refreshments will be served and there will be NASA giveaways. Visit www.uta.edu/planetarium for more information.

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