Beyond Planet Earth Events
SpaceFest!
Telescopes on the Arthur Ross Terrace
Credit: AMNH/R. Mickens
Rose Center for Earth and Space
Ticket Info
Free with Museum Admission
Celebrate the legacy of space exploration and the special exhibition Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration at the Rose Center for Earth and Space with a day of space-related activities, performances, and games for all ages. Special guests include Story Pirates with a performance of “Rocket Fuel” and NASA Solar System Ambassador Laura Venner with the latest space mission news. Carter Emmart, the Museum’s Director of Astrovisualization, will guide you through space in the Hayden Planetarium with Soaring Over the Moon and Mars, and astronomer Ted Williams will show you the winter sky in our portable planetarium, StarLab. Join members of the Amateur Astronomers Association outside for telescope observations on the Arthur Ross Terrace.
Schedule of Events
Hall of the Universe
11 am – The Story Pirates with “Rocket Fuel”
Noon – Air Pressure demonstration
1 pm – NASA updates with Solar System Ambassador Laura Venner
2 pm – The Story Pirates with “Rocket Fuel”
3 pm – Making Comets demonstration
StarLab
A look at the night sky in our portable planetarium.
11 am, 11:45 am, 12:30 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm
Soaring Over the Moon and Mars with Carter Emmart
Hayden Planetarium Special Event
Enter at the Space Show boarding area on the first floor of the Rose Center for Earth and Space
5 pm
6 pm
Star Party
Arthur Ross Terrace
5–8 pm (Weather permitting)
Co-hosted by the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York.
Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration is organized
by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (amnh.org),
in collaboration with MadaTech: The Israel National Museum
of Science, Technology & Space, Haifa, Israel.
Beyond Planet Earth is made possible through the sponsorship of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
And is proudly supported by Con Edison.
Major funding has been provided by The Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund. Additional support is generously provided by Marshall P. and Rachael C. Levine Drs. Harlan B. and Natasha Levine
Mary and David Solomon Presented with special thanks to NASA.
