-- October 2018 Program: Halloween and Astronomy -- This month we have a program on Halloween and Astronomy called "Scary, Starry Astronomy Night", followed by Urban Stargazing in the parking lot to see Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and more. FREE and family friendly. Have fun learning about the stars and planets during our FREE monthly "Starry […]
Our FREE "Smithsonian Museum Day" of exciting events. Visit with a real astronaut, touch space history, enjoy the thrill of a virtual reality roller coaster, and see Mars and Saturn through a telescope. We will host a meet-and-greet with astronaut Mike McCulley, the pilot of STS-34, which deployed the Galileo spacecraft to Jupiter from the […]
-- September 2018 Program: “Mars Mania Night” - Crescent Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and the Red Planet in our telescopes -- SNACKS at 6PM. Have fun learning about the stars and planets during our FREE monthly "Starry Starry Astronomy Night!" held at the American Space Museum. We meet in the museum classroom for a short program […]
-- August 2018 Program: See polar caps of Mars, moons of Jupiter, rings of Saturn and lunar craters in a telescope from our parking lot -- Have fun learning about the stars and planets during our FREE monthly "Starry Starry Astronomy Night!" at the American Space Museum. We usually meet in the museum classroom for […]
Saturday April 21 we celebrate NATIONAL ASTRONOMY DAY with fun hands-on activities for kids and adults, including “Make a Comet” and “Fruity Solar System”. Engaging talks on “Urban Stargazing” and “How to Use Your Telescope”. More about our Astronomy Programs
-- April 2018 Program: “Everyone is an amateur astronomer - Fun talk on history of humans looking up” -- Have fun learning about the stars and planets during our FREE monthly "Starry Starry Astronomy Night!" held the Second Tuesday of EACH month at the American Space Museum. We meet in the museum classroom for a […]
-- March 2018 Program: Also see the Andromedia Galaxy, Orion Nebula and The Pleaides. -- Our FREE monthly “Moon Gaze” (scheduled around the First Quarter Moon) is held at the American Space Museum parking lot off U.S. 1 South. Bring the family to see Apollo landing sites, craters and mountain ranges, and maybe a planet, […]
-- March 2018 Program: “March Madness in the Stars - The sky transition from Winter to Spring” -- Have fun learning about the stars and planets during our FREE monthly "Starry Starry Astronomy Night!" held the Second Tuesday of EACH month at the American Space Museum. We meet in the museum classroom for a short […]