Very tippy top of a possible NASA rocket coming to the Franklin Institute this weekend (10/16-17, 9:30am to 5pm)

[ October 16, 2010 9:30 am to October 17, 2010 5:00 pm. ] NASA is touring the mockup of their proposed launch abort system (las) for the Orion spacecraft. So, its the pointy bit that sits atop the passenger bit (Orion), which is supposed to sit atop the Ares rocket. The Ares rocket, however, may or may not ever be built as the president declined to include Constellation [...]

Space Week 2009 at the Franklin Institute Oct 3 – 8

[ October 3, 2009 to October 8, 2009. ] According to the title of the Franklin Institute’s press release, Space and Robots will collide during World Space Week 2009.

Fortunately, space is fairly big, so I’m sure there is room for both space AND robots in…well…space. The event starts Oct. 3 with a robotics competition and ends on the 8th with a special edition [...]

Perseids, Derrick Pitts and Doom from Above!

[ August 13, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Keep Watching The Skies!

In the past, I haven’t even bothered to mention that the Perseids meteor shower was underway, as August is usually so humid and overcast around here. But the Philadelphia region is in a weird pattern right now and it seems that, despite the current ickiness, that the weather might clear — at [...]

Aldrin Buzzes into Town 67/21, 7:30 at The Free Library of Philadelphia

[ July 21, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] He’s the second man on the Moon, but the first guy you don’t want to accuse of faking the moon landings. He’s Buzz Aldrin, and he’ll be at the Free Library’s Central branch to hawk his new book Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon

The deets:

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 [...]

Galileo is Open!

Galileo, the Medici and the Age of Astronomy opens today.
Tickets here.
Read all about it here and here and here.

Galileo Opens at the Franklin April 4

[ April 4, 2009; ] I think it is safe to say that Galileo, the Medici and the Age of Astronomy will be epic. And who doesn’t like Galileo? He’s so cool, even the Pope came around. Eventually.

First off, its the International Year of Astronomy — have you ordered your Galileoscope yet? With it, you can see the same [...]

Lamenting Pluto’s Demise at the Free Library (central)

Neil DeGrasse Tyson will be in town Tuesday night at the Free Library of Philadelphia (1901 Vine Street) for a free talk about:
The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet

The event is free — and the snow wasn’t that bad — so you should go.
Named the “Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive” by [...]