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Jan 2022

Passport Member Appreciation Day: Astronomy

Passport Members, come enjoy YOUR museum with extra highlights and bonuses to begin the New Year!

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Jan 2022

Tesla's Toolbox Workshops: Electricity and Circuits

Join us for these workshops to work just like Nikola Tesla to learn about electricity, circuits and create…

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Feb 2022

Small Steps, Giant Leap

Small Steps, Giant Leap: Hey Ho, to Mars We'll Go! A Space-Age Version of Farmer in the Dell…

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Have you been to our Science On a Sphere® present

Have you been to our Science On a Sphere® presentations?

Did you know Science On a Sphere® -the centerpiece of the Northrop Grumman Science Center- was developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)?

Marvel at the unique spherical display that brings the Earth, Sun, Moon, planets and other celestial bodies to life! Visit today!

Let’s build a Catapult and LAUNCH ALL THE THINGS

Let’s build a Catapult and LAUNCH ALL THE THINGS!

Tomorrow, January 15th, 10am-4pm MST, join us at the Discovery Center for "Cool Science" to not only learn about the ancient weapon - the Catapult, but see them in action after you build your own!

Less pillaging ➡️ more fun.

Link in bio for more info!

3D printing on the Moon, Mars, and beyond! As hum

3D printing on the Moon, Mars, and beyond!

As humans venture farther into space, getting additional supplies will become trickier. With 3D printing, you can make any part you need 😎

That includes space homes. Engineers are trying to develop a 3D printer that takes the regolith (rock or soil) from the Moon or Mars, crushes it together, mixes it with a binder, and 3D prints a habitat!

Learn more about 3D printing at the @sfdiscoverycenter and maybe even make something yourself!

Image: NASA ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti working on the 3D Printer aboard the space station.
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✨It's 2022's first Family Star Party! Peer throu

✨It's 2022's first Family Star Party! Peer through our telescopes of time and feast your eyes on Orion the Hunter✨

Orion the Hunter is a winter constellation in the northern hemisphere which is a veritable astronomy class all by itself – from red giant Betelgeuse, to blue supergiant Rigel, to his readily identifiable three-star belt, to the Orion Nebula in his belt which is the birthplace of stars!

Come learn with us tomorrow night: January 7 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm MST 🔭

Microgravity and weightlessness on the Internation

Microgravity and weightlessness on the International Space Station (ISS) 🚀

We know that the reason we jump in the air on Earth and return to the ground instead of catapulting ourselves out to space is because of gravity. So, you might think that astronauts are floating on the ISS because of no gravity. Though the pull of gravity gets weaker the farther apart two objects are, that is not why people and things float on the ISS. In fact, 90% of Earth's gravity still reaches the space station.

Then why do astronauts and objects float? They are in a free-fall around Earth.

In a vacuum, gravity pulls all objects simultaneously, regardless of mass. If you drop a bowling ball and a feather on Earth, the bowling ball will fall faster. But that is not due to gravity, it's air. Air makes the feather fall more slowly. In the absence of air, the bowling ball and feather would fall together at the same speed. That's what happens in a spacecraft. The ISS, its crew, and everything aboard are all falling around Earth, and since they are all falling together, the crew and objects appear to float when compared with the spacecraft.

Learn more with our downloadable STEM lesson plans! Click the link in bio ➡️Discovery Center➡️ Education ➡️(STEM) Lesson Plans

Image Credit: NASA (astronaut Karen Nyberg)
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Homeschool Days are back! And it's a good one. 🌱

Join us tomorrow January 5 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm MST to learn about astrobiology and "The Search for Life beyond Earth."

Build your own Spectrometer! Build a planet in a bottle! Learn about how and what scientists look for when seeking life beyond our world.

Link in bio for all the details 🚀
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Don't miss tomorrow's FREE Small Steps, Giant Leap

Don't miss tomorrow's FREE Small Steps, Giant Leap event! January 4 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am MST.

We will be reading "On the Launchpad, A Counting Book About Rockets" By Michael Dahl. This STEM education event has been designed by the Space Foundation to engage early learners PreK-K from all backgrounds.

Upon completion of the Small Steps, Giant Leap program, families are welcome to stay and enjoy the Discovery Center for as long as you like, free of admission.

We hope you can join 🚀
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Mars has a specialty for dramatic landscapes 💅

Mars has a specialty for dramatic landscapes 💅

Amongst the breathtaking features are the largest canyon and highest volcano in the Solar System - Valles Marineris and Olympus Mons.

If on Earth, Valles Marineris would stretch across the United States at the length of 1,864 miles, a width of 124 miles, and a depth of 6 miles, it is 10 times longer and 5 times deeper than Earth’s Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Olympic Mons is 15 miles -25 kilometers- high and about the size of Arizona. Mount Everest is only one-third as high 😳

What are your favorite Mars features?

Image: 1: NASA/Viking
2: digital terrain model of Valles Marineris ESA/Mars Express Express
3: Olympus Mons NASA
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