Space Fest: Saturday
Join us to kickoff a yearlong celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing! Get your space fix from special guest speakers, science demonstrations, and hands-on astro activities all weekend long. Space Fest fun extends inside the Whitney & Elizabeth MacMillan Planetarium, too. Don’t miss your chance to see two special shows, only on view during Space Fest. Catch an extended version of our popular live program Minnesota Night Sky or find out what it takes to become an ASTRONAUT. Explore your universe with the Minnesota Astronomical Society, Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, UMN Aerospace Engineering department, and Ramsey County Libraries. Speakers: Scott Peterson, Citizen Scientist, The History of Micrometeorites; Karina Leppik, SOFIA Operations Mission Manager; Dee McLellan, NASA Solar System Ambassador. Free with museum admission, regular planetarium ticket fees apply.
For more information, please go to:
https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/event/space-fest-sat/