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BoulderPlanetarium
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Ever wonder what it would be like to fly to Mars? NASA and other space agencies have their sights set on the Red Planet and they’re building the technology to get us there! Get an up-close look at humanity’s most epic endeavor. Explore the work being done around the globe to help make the dream of getting humans to Mars a reality. Fly through the International Space Station, where astronauts are already living and working in space, and follow the rockets and vehicles that will take humans beyond…
Once upon a time there was a sky full of marvelous planets, and on those planets were the most delicious super hazelnuts ever. At least that’s what two greedy squirrels, Nino and Lilli, thought. But is the grass really greener elsewhere? Our squirrels try everything they can to leave Earth and answer that question, but Leon the old owl prefers to lead them to his telescope and show them exactly what awaits them on those planets.
Make a tool appointment to use one of our laser cutters during this time. Please watch the Laser Orientation Video before arriving if you are new to laser cutting in our makerspace. Need help with your design? Come visit during an open studio to get assistance with designing so that your tool appointment can be used for running the job on the laser cutters. When the lasers are operating, the space is quite loud! Please be prepared to wear hearing protection.
Many civilizations have looked at the night sky and envisioned constellations to tell stories important to their culture. We can use the planetarium to look at some common patterns of stars in the night sky tonight so that you can find them on your own! But in the blackness between those stars there are an unimaginable number of distant wonders. We are located around just one star of many in an entire galaxy called the Milky Way. And if we look even further, we find billions of other galaxies ou…