World Space Week(end) at the Franklin, 10/4-5
Posted on | October 1, 2008 | 1 Comment
| October 4, 2008 | to | October 5, 2008 |
Aren’t they clever? The Franklin (map) has managed to create a more efficient World Space Week utilizing just the weekend.
From their site:
Saturday & Sunday, October 4 and 5
Special presentation with Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts in the newly renovated Joel N. Bloom Observatory at 12pm and 3pm!
* Make your own Alka-Seltzer Rocket and Sky Map
* See one of our exciting live shows: Life in Space, World’s Cheapest Space Suit and Space Boot Camp
* Take a tour of our very own Lunar Lander
* Complete the Astronomy Scavenger Hunt for an out-of-this-world prize!Once in a life time experience: “Sun, Moon and Stars”
See Cosmic Revue perform live in the Fels Planetarium!
Show times -
Saturday: 10:15am, 2pm
Sunday: 11am, 2pmSpecial for Saturday, October 4 ONLY:
Special Observatory hours: The Joel N. Bloom Observatory will remain open until 9pm to view the night sky!Philadelphia Area Space Alliance will be on hand with information on future space exploration.
Wait? There’s a Philadelphia Area Space Alliance? That’s a new one on me.
Turns out they’re the local chapter of the National Space Society. Interesting. On the list they go.
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October 3rd, 2008 @ 3:16 pm
[...] on | October 3, 2008 | October 4, 200810:15 am2:00 pmOctober 5, 200811:00 am2:00 pmWhen I posted about the two-day World Space Week events at the Franklin Institute (map) , I didn’t bother [...]