MOAS Space Day

Date:
4/12/2025 at 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM

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 Amateur Astronomy Club and Astrophysics Research Club, ERAU astronomy students, Professors from the ERAU's Physical Sciences Department and College of Engineering, ERAU EcoCAR Team, Volusia County Public Library, UCF graduate student Amanda Vazquez, and space themed books provided by The Early Learning Coalition of Volusia and Flagler. The Villin Grillin BBQ food stand will be set up in our courtyard loop for your enjoyment. Make sure to check out our speaker and show lineup in the Lohman Planetarium. We cannot wait to see you for this out-of-this-world event.

 

Free for MOAS members or with paid museum admission. Guest lectures at 1:00pm, 3:15pm, and 4:15pm are included with museum admission. Planetarium shows are free for MOAS members, $7.00 for adults, and $5.00 for children.

 

Schedule:

11:00am: Family Show: "Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival" | Lohman Planetarium

12:00pm: "The Cosmos Live!" with Christian Traverson, Planetarium Manager | Lohman Planetarium

1:00pm: “Rings and Realms: The Moons of Saturn” with ERAU’s Astrophysics Research Club | Lohman Planetarium

2:15pm: "The Sky Tonight Live!" with Katie Wedderstrand, Planetarium Educator | Lohman Planetarium

3:15pm: "Life Without Gravity: How Space Affects the Human Body" with ERAU's Dr. Chrissy Walck, Assistant Professor of Engineering | Lohman Planetarium

4:15pm: “The Sky Tonight Live" with  ERAU’s Astrophysics Research Club | Lohman Planetarium

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

11:00am-4:00pm: Space displays and activities | Root Hall and Lohman Planetarium Lobby

Location:
Museum of Arts & Sciences - Planetarium
352 S. Nova Road
Daytona Beach FL 32114
Phone:
2025 Exhibit Sponsors
Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.