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, Society of Women Engineers, and Astronomy Professors from the University’s Physical Sciences Department. 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.

Schedule:

11:00am: Little Star That Could | Lohman Planetarium

12:00pm: Live "Flight Through the Solar System" with Christian Traverson, Planetarium Manager | Lohman Planetarium

1:00pm: "Stupid Design. Why is the Universe Trying to Kill Us?" with Robert Pickman, MOAS Volunteer | Lohman Planetarium

2:15pm: "Imagining the Stars: The Role of Art in Space History" with Dr. Tania Darlington, ERAU Professor of Humanities and Communications | Lohman Planetarium

3:15pm: EagleCam: A New Perspective of Space Exploration | Lohman Planetarium

4:15pm: Live "The Sky Tonight" with Katie Wedderstrand, Planetarium Educator | Lohman Planetarium

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

12:00pm-5:00pm: Space displays and activities | Entire Museum