Our next weekend public shows are:

Sunday, May 25 beginning at 7 p.m., until the first images from Mars arrive!

Phoenix landing Party!  we will be streaming live coverage of the Phoenix landing on the Northern 'tundra' of Mars!  this is a special live event celebrating the (hopefully) safe landing of Phoenix on Mars

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Key Dates/Times:
Landing: May 25, 2008, 4:53 p.m. Pacific (earth-received time)

Schedule for Press Briefings/NASA TV (preliminary)
May 25 4-6 p.m. PDT (landing commentary)
May 25 7:15-8:30 pm. PDT (potential for first images)
May 25 9 p.m. PDT (post-landing press conference)
May 26 10 a.m. PDT (update)

Please note that our schedule is subject to change, as current events in space science dictate.

Weather: here is a link for our own clear sky clock. See whether it'll be clear or cloudy here in SE NC.

Weekly Schedule of Summer Planetarium Shows 

DATES

PROGRAM

NOTES

July 8-10

Deep Impact

 Three years after this stunning success-what have we learned about comets?

July 15-17

Solar Max!

You’ll never see the sun the same way again!

July 22-24

Pluto or Bust!

The New Horizons mission

July 29-31

Apollo magnus

We went to the moon from 1968 to 1972…when are we going back?

August 5-7

Robots on Mars!

The rovers are still at it, and yet there’s more!

August 12-14

Cosmic Collisions

What happens when objects collide? 

Please note that our schedule is subject to change, as current events in space science dictate.

 

For reservations and other information call (910) 735-2147, or email brandtk.psrc@robeson.k12.nc.us

    Available Programs:
  • Tonight's Sky: (part of all our programs!)
  • Cassini at Saturn: What we've learned, and are learning: 6th grade program
  • Space Station: program celebrating Bill McArthur's mission aboard the ISS, and NASA's Exploration vision
  • Skytellers: Seasons, Day and Night, or Moon Phases: 3rd grade program
  • Earth vs. Mars: 4th grade program about Earth and Martian Rocks and Minerals
  • Exploring Space: 5th grade program
  • Deep Impact/New Horizons/Skytellers: Meteors: What do Pluto, Comets, and meteors have in common?  Our 8th grade program explores these common threads!
  • Apollo Magnus!  Men from Earth explored and returned pieces of the moon 35 years ago.  Find out what we know, and what we've yet to learn abut our nearest neighbor in space.

The Robeson Planetarium is a part of the Public Schools of Robeson County
email us at
brandtk.psrc@robeson.k12.nc.us


A member of the Southeastern Planetarium Association