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Learn about the search for planets beyond our Solar System, asteroids and comets, Mars exploration and more. This free exhibit for future astronauts and families offers hands-on activities: Solar System Weather Report Station, Discover Space Quiz Show, Mission to Mars Kiosk, Meteorite displays, space rocks kiosk and more! Journey to Space - NASA items on display will include an actual moon rock, a space shuttle tire, an astronaut suit, rocket replicas, space shuttle model and more. Lunar Module replica from Global Effects used in the movie Apollo 18. StarLab traveling planetarium. |
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Please visit Discover Space: A Cosmic Journey until July 5 at the Gail Borden Public Library at 270 N. Grove in Elgin, Illinois. It is an engaging interactive exhibit to motivate people to explore “where are we in the cosmos?” It includes - Solar System Weather Report Station—Step in front of a green screen to give a weather report from various locations in our Solar System. Discover Space Quiz Show—Hosted by an alien, this game show will test your knowledge of space science and astronomy. Mission to Mars Kiosk—Travel on a journey to Mars and back. Meteorite displays, space rocks kiosk and more!
Visit the Main Library's second floor to view items from the NASA Glenn Research Additional enhancements Thank you to the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio and the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the library is also featuring the Apollo Story that includes a Moon Rock from Apollo 15 mission, an EVA space suit sample and the story of the space shuttle program that includes a pilot seat from the Endeavor, astronaut food, thermal tiles and more. A life-size lunar excursion model interior from the movie “Apollo 18” from Global Effects in California is also on display as well as StarLab, an inflatable portable planetarium. Visitors may board the lunar excursion on Monday - Thursdays from 4- 5 pm and Friday - Sunday from 3 - 4 pm. Visitors may enjoy a StarLab (the portable planetarium) presentation on Tuesdays at 4, 4:30 and 7, 7:30 pm. The library and the exhibit are open Monday - Thursdays 9 am - 9 pm: See photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/gailborden/albums/72157665124107173. |
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Live NASA Tv Video Downlink with Astronaut
Lunar Excursion Module People may board the lunar excursion module replica: StarLab Planetarium Tuesdays Fold & Fly Spaceships
Film Screening of “SpaceCamp” (1986, PG)
Ender’s Game Movie & Book Discussion
Mission Read Book Discussion: When the Tripods Came
The Globalization of the Solar System
The Space Elevator and Moving Into Space
Walk the Solar System
Hot Rocks on Blue Ice
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Movie and Book Discussion View more space programs here. |
Discover Space: A Cosmic Journey, a traveling exhibition for libraries, is part of the STAR Library Education Network (STAR_Net) led by the National Center for Interactive Learning at the Space Science Institute. Exhibit partners include the American Library Association, the Lunar and Planetary Institute, and Afterschool Alliance. Discover Space is supported through a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Thank you to local supporters - Gail Borden Public Library Foundation, Grand Victoria Foundation, EFS Foundation, KCT Credit Union,
Holiday Inn, Elgin Key & Lock, City of Elgin and Berna Moving & Storage.
