MOAS Space Day

Event Description

Join us for the Museum’s biggest celestial event of the year as we celebrate all things space in an engaging and interactive environment for the whole family. Learn about the science, exploration, and beauty of space through exciting lectures, shows in the Lohman Planetarium, hands-on activities, and solar observing with telescopes in our front entrance courtyard (weather permitting). Throughout the Museum, there will be displays and activities from MOAS, the GE Volunteers, ERAU’s ERFSEDS Rocket Club, Amateur Astronomy Club, the Gracious Youth FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Team, the Society of Women Engineers, and Astronomy Professors from the University’s Physical Sciences Department. A food truck will also be set up in our courtyard loop for your enjoyment. Stay tuned for our speaker and show lineup in the Lohman Planetarium. We cannot wait to see you for this out-of-this-world event.

Free for members or with paid museum admission. Tickets for planetarium presentations are included with admission and are on a first-come, first-served basis.

Schedule

11:00am: Little Star That Could | LOHMAN PLANETARIUM

12:00pm: “Wonders of the Universe” with Seth Mayo, Curator of Astronomy | LOHMAN PLANETARIUM

1:00pm: Astronomy at the Edge of the World with Jason Schreiner, Planetarium Coordinator | LOHMAN PLANETARIUM

2:15pm: "Path to the Moon: What's Ahead for NASA's Artemis Program" with Brendan Byrne, 90.7 WMFE's Space Reporter | LOHMAN PLANETARIUM  

3:15pm: Cameras in Space: EagleCam and LLAMAS with ERAU's Space Technologies Lab | LOHMAN PLANETARIUM

4:15pm: Electropop Laser Show Under the Stars by Christian Traverson, Planetarium Educator | LOHMAN PLANETARIUM

12:30pm-4:00pm: Paper rocket building and launching | Root Family Auditorium

12:00pm-5:00pm: Space displays and activities | Root Hall