Forward To The Moon!
Kari Byron from Crash Test World and MythBusters launches us on a journey beyond the Earth towards a sustainable future in space. NASA’s 21st-century Artemis program, named after the Greek moon Goddess and twin of Apollo, is the next step in our mission to explore the universe.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 8+
Artemis II is a planned lunar spaceflight mission under the Artemis program, led by NASA. It is intended to be the second flight of the Space Launch System (SLS), and is both the first crewed mission of the Orion spacecraft and the first crewed mission to the vicinity of the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. Launch is scheduled for no earlier than April 2026.
The 10-day mission will carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, on a free-return trajectory around the Moon and back to Earth.
Tuesday - Friday
4:00 pm (doors open at 3:30)
$3 per person
Sunstruck
Explore the sun in all its glory in this planetarium show. Sunstruck takes us on a journey to discover the wonders of our magnificent sun and investigate how our star has supported life on Earth for millennia. Travel back in time to experience the birth of our Sun and solar system. Discover how the Sun came to support life, how it threatens life as we know it, and how its energy will one day fade away.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 8 and up
In addition to the fulldome show there will be a live presentation on "Space Weather,"
including its causes and impacts, predicting space storms, and ongoing research efforts to
better understand the weather of the cosmos.
Saturday, March 7
7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30)
$3 per person
Our Violent Planet
Planetarium supervisor Rod Kennedy will give a live presentation on plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanos, including the nature and extent of the Yellowstone Volcano. The presentation will also include a discussion of the extent of ashfall from the last 3 major eruptions of Yellowstone.
The presentation will be followed by Our Violent Planet; a fulldome show about earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, Earth, geology and continental drift.
Run Time: 28 minutes Recommended for ages 8 and up
Saturday, March 14. One night only
7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30)
$3 per person
From Earth to the Universe
The night sky, both beautiful and mysterious, has been the subject of campfire stories, ancient myths and awe for as long as there have been people. A desire to comprehend the Universe may well be humanity’s oldest shared intellectual experience. Yet only recently have we truly begun to grasp our place in the vast cosmos. To learn about this journey of celestial discovery, from the theories of the ancient Greek astronomers to today’s grandest telescopes, we invite you to experience From Earth to the Universe.
Run Time: 30 minutes Recommended for ages 14+
Preceding the show will be a tour of a dozen deep sky objects. We'll visit supernova remnants, planetary nebulae, and galaxies.
Saturday, March 21
7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30)
$3 per person
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