Updates

Our Planetarium will be closed for updates from May 26th through June 3rd. During this time, we will not be doing shows in the planetarium. 

Moon Shot is currently closed for maintenance. 

Museum Education Activities

Spark!Lab History Month Theme

S!L Theme: NASA’s Gemini Program

Bulletin Boards 1: Project Gemini and the Bridge to the Moon

Bulletin Board 2: Sally Ride’s STS-7 Mission (June 1983)

Spark!Lab Hands on Learning Activities

March Activities

Location/Times: Spark Lab (Each event is within Spark!Lab. Spark!Lab hours of operation 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.)        

[Daily] Hands-on Constellations: Celebrating summer skies! Learn the difference between asterisms and constellations.

[Mondays] Robotics Rendezvous – Code Botley Gemini capsules to rendezvous and dock with the Agena Target Vehicle in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Gemini 8 mission.
 

STEAM Literature Series

Every Thursday at 10 a.m. inside Spark!Lab 

Theme for the Month:  Living and Working in Space

June 4: Transportation

Books: I Want To Be a Pilot by Laura Driscoll, Roaring Rockets by Tony Mitton, Let's Go By Airplane by Anders Hanson

June 11: Living in Space

Books: How to Eat in Space by Helen Taylor, Living in Space by Lucy Bowman & Abigail Wheatley, The Spacesuit by Alison Donald

June 18: Animals in Space

Books: Dogs in Space by Vix Southgate, Mousetronaut by Mark Kelly

June 25: Habitats

Books: Living in Space by Abigail Wheatley, Growing Plants in Space by Georgia Beth, and The Spaceman by Randy Cecil