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STEM Engineering | Astroid Mining
2026-07-15 15:00:00 2026-07-15 16:00:00 America/New_York STEM Engineering | Astroid Mining Learn about asteroid mining by designing your own asteroid miner. Norcross Branch - Norcross Meeting Room

Wednesday, July 15
3:00pm - 4:00pm

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Norcross Branch

Norcross Meeting Room

Learn about asteroid mining by designing your own asteroid miner.

Learn about asteroid mining by designing your own asteroid miner. Participants will also learn about the excavation process of asteroid mining. 

AGE GROUP: | Ages 6-11 |

EVENT TYPE: | Summer Reading | STEM - Science | STEM - Engineering | Education |

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