Visit the very same dome theater that is used to train NASA Space Shuttle astronauts in identifying starfields at the Burke Baker Planetarium, located at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The planetarium’s computerized SkySkan DigitalSky starfield projector is the most advanced in the world, so it’s as close as you can get to the real deal! The planetarium is always playing a variety of shows that range from “Solar Superstorms” and “Expedition Reef”, to a digital recreation of “Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon.” How cool is that?!
The Houston Museum of Natural Science
5555 Hermann Park Dr.
Houston, TX 77030
713-639-4629
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Houston – Burke Baker Planetarium
Visit the very same dome theater that is used to train NASA Space Shuttle astronauts in identifying starfields at the Burke Baker Planetarium at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The planetarium’s computerized SkySkan DigitalSky starfield projector is the most advanced in the world, so it’s as close as you can get to the real thing. The planetarium is always playing a variety of shows that range from “Secrets of the Sun” and “Dawn of the Space Age” to a digital recreation of “Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon.” Read more…
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