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• FOAP Annual Membership Meeting

  • When
    01/25/2025
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    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    David M. Brown Planetarium

  The Friends of Arlington's Planetarium Annual Membership Meeting is open to all current members. The organization's activities of the past year will be reviewed, there will be elections for the Board of Directors, a 2025 budget will be approved, and activities for the coming year will be discussed.
  ***Members may attend in person or remotely, via Zoom.***
  If you are a member but didn't receive an email about the meeting and how to attend, email us at contact@friendsoftheplanetarium.org.
  
  

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• FOAP planetarium show - Moon Shot: The Rocket Pioneers

  • When
    01/25/2025
  •  
    6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium

  This program is offered by the Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium.

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  Humanity has long dreamed of traveling to the Moon. In Moon Shot: The Rocket Pioneers you get to see the history of rocket development - how space travel was transformed from the dreams of science fiction to real world science. Learn about the some of the pioneering individuals who worked hard to make rockets and spaceflight a reality.
  
  Duration: 27 minutes
  Recommended for general audiences
  
  

  After the show, there will be a short sky talk in the planetarium.

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• FOAP planetarium show - Moonbase: The Next Step

  • When
    01/25/2025
  •  
    8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium

  This program is offered by the Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium.

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  Moonbase: The Next Step is the story of humanity's future exploration of the Moon. What is involved in creating a permanent base on the Moon, and how do we handle the many challenges of trying to live and work in such an isolated and hostile environment?

  Show Duration: 20 minutes

  Recommended for: general audiences - best for ages 9 and up

  
  
  

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• FOAP planetarium show - 3-2-1 Liftoff!

  • When
    01/26/2025
  •  
    1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium

  This program is offered by the Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium.

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  In 3-2-1 Liftoff!, Elon is a young hamster scientist who lives in a junk yard. One day he finds a damaged robot that has crash landed in his garden. Can Elon devise a way to get the robot back to its space ship before the ship leaves Earth orbit? What is required to travel to space?

  Show Duration: 30 minutes
  Recommended for: general audiences (good for elementary age children)

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• FOAP planetarium show - Moon Shot: The Rocket Pioneers

  • When
    01/26/2025
  •  
    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium

  This program is offered by the Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium.

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  Humanity has long dreamed of traveling to the Moon. In Moon Shot: The Rocket Pioneers you get to see the history of rocket development - how space travel was transformed from the dreams of science fiction to real world science. Learn about the some of the pioneering individuals who worked hard to make rockets and spaceflight a reality. 

  Show Duration: 27 minutes
  Recommended for: general audiences

  After the show, there will be a short sky talk in the planetarium.
  

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