ONE WORLD, ONE SKY: BIG BIRD'S ADVENTURE
Explore the night sky with our friends from Sesame Street™. Join Big Bird, Elmo, and Hu Hu Zhu as they take a trip to the Moon. See how the Moon is different from the Earth and learn how to find the Big Dipper and North Star from your backyard. This interactive show was coproduced by the Adler Planetarium, Sesame Workshop, the Beijing Planetarium, and Liberty Science Center and comes to us through a grant from the PNC Foundation. This show is available in English and Spanish.
DID AN ASTEROID REALLY KILL THE DINOSAURS?
Did a space rock six miles wide slam into the Earth 66 million years ago and wipe out 75% of all living species at that time, including the dinosaurs? Explore the impacts and cosmic collisions across the Solar System in this dynamic show. It includes footage from the first iridium layer found in Gubbio, Italy.
DAWN OF THE SPACE AGE
From the launch of the satellite Sputnik to space flights and lunar landings, humans have wanted to travel to the stars. Witness the drive, passion, and perseverance of the men and women that took part in the death defying endeavor to explore space travel. You will be immersed and overwhelmed with this historic reconstruction of our first steps into space.
ASTRONOMÍA A GRAN ESCALA
Astronomía a Gran Escala narra la historia de las personas y lugares que hacen posible la gran astronomía y la gran ciencia. El programa de planetario transporta a los espectadores a Chile, donde los cielos oscuros y el entorno seco y remoto crean las condiciones ideales para observar el Universo. Para el 2022, se espera que la mayor parte de la infraestructura de observación terrestre del mundo esté ubicada en Chile. Estados Unidos y otros países están invirtiendo miles de millones de dólares para promover asociaciones de astronomía en el país. Big Astronomy presenta al público la amplia variedad de personas involucradas en el avance del descubrimiento astronómico.