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Center Closed for Maintenance Sept. 7 - 17
Center Closed for Maintenance Sept. 7 - 17
The Center will be closed for maintenance Sept. 7 -17. We will reopen at 6pm on Friday, September 17. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Upcoming Events
Global Cool
Buy Your Tickets Today!
Bill Nye's Climate Lab
Opening Fall 2010
Tales of the Maya Skies
Ask Jeeves Planetarium
I.S.I.S. Science and Culture Festival
Free Admission Sept. 5th!
Exoplanets Galore
September 26th!
Astronaut
Ask Jeeves Planetarium
Tales of the Maya Skies
Ask Jeeves Planetarium
Astronaut
Ask Jeeves Planetarium
Mysteries of Egypt
Tien Megadome Theater
Dinosaurs Alive
Tien Megadome Theater
Global Cool
Buy Your Tickets Today!
I.S.I.S. Science and Culture Festival
Free Admission Sept. 5th!
Exoplanets Galore
September 26th!
Dinner, A Movie, and the Universe
Mezzanine Gallery
10000 Halloween Party
Buy Your Tickets Today!
spaceMIX
Observatory Deck
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Telescopes Vision Class
Adult Astronomy
Smithsonian Museum Day
FREE Admission
Tyke Explorers Workshop
For Ages 2 1/2 - 5
Earth Science Day
Free with General Admission
Lecture with Jim Hansen
Reserve Your Space!
Bill Nye's Climate Lab
Opening Fall 2010
Beyond Blastoff
Spees Building
Destination Universe
Spees Building
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Tales of the Maya Skies
Upper Level Rotunda
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One Giant Leap: A Moon Odyssey
Skybridge
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Did you know
A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, releases the same amount of energy as several sticks of dynamite.
Only one third of the energy in burning coal reaches the consumer as electricity.
An equivalent of 3 pounds of sunlight fall on the Earth each second.
The Earth has a mass of 5,974,200,000,000,000,000,000 metric tons.