Moody Planetarium
Explore the exciting world of science and astronomy with the Moody Planetarium! Located inside the Museum of Texas Tech University, the Planetarium offers an equal balance of education and entertainment with a wide range of shows from the study of stars and constellations to dark matter and black holes, to in-depth looks at the sun, moon, and solar systems. With over 40 shows to choose from there is something to suit all interests and all ages.
If you are looking for a truly immersive experience and love music, the Planetarium offers laser shows. Enjoy rocking out to Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Metallica, popular country artists and many more while immersed in a laser experience choreographed to the music. The Planetarium seats 74, including two wheelchair access seats.
Helpful Information:
- The Planetarium has shows Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
- There are no capacity limits and masks are not required.
- Cash/credit cards accepted.
- Group rates are available for parties with 10 or more people.
- Groups must be 20 people or more in order to book a private show.
- Daycares and summer camps are welcome. Please call or email for more information.
- Please contact us with any questions or concerns: museum.education@ttu.edu or (806) 742-2432.
Planetarium Pricing:
Age Groups | Pricing |
---|---|
Adults (18 – 64 years) | $6 |
Seniors (65+ years) | $4 |
Students (4 – 17 years) | $4 |
College Students (w/ID) | $4 |
3 years and under | Free |
Military/Veterans + one family member (w/ID) *The Museum is a member of the BlueStar Program.* |
Free |
School Group Show:
The Moody Planetarium offers fun and educational astronomy and laser programs for students of various age groups. You may choose the program that you are interested in from the list below.
Reservations are required for all school planetarium and laser shows, and should be scheduled at least two (2) weeks in advance by calling (806) 742-2432. Daycares and summer camps are welcome. The Planetarium will honor group rates for groups 10+.
Please note that the seating capacity is 72 people plus two wheelchair slots. If you have more than 60 students, you will need to schedule two shows.
Planetarium fees for school groups PK – 12th grades are $3 for each student or adult. Payment is due the day of the show. If your group is running late or has to cancel, please notify us as soon as possible.
Planetarium school programs are scheduled:
- Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- Wednesday – Friday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Shows are scheduled to begin on the half hour. Plan to arrive a minimum of 15 minutes before the scheduled show time.
Show Schedule:
August Schedule
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1
1:30 P.M. - Cowboy Astronomer
2:30 P.M. - One Sky Project
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Michael Jackson
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2
1:30 P.M. - Cowboy Astronomer
2:30 P.M. - One Sky Project
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Michael Jackson
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: Max Goes to the Moon
12:30 P.M. - Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus & Andromeda
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - One Sky Project
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Michael Jackson
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - One Sky Project
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Michael Jackson
AUGUST 5: CLOSED
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6
1:30 P.M. - Cowboy Astronomer
2:30 P.M. - One Sky Project
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Michael Jackson
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7
1:30 P.M. - Cowboy Astronomer
2:30 P.M. - One Sky Project
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Michael Jackson
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8
1:30 P.M. - Cowboy Astronomer
2:30 P.M. - One Sky Project
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Michael Jackson
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9
1:30 P.M. - Cowboy Astronomer
2:30 P.M. - One Sky Project
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Michael Jackson
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: Max Goes to the Moon
12:30 P.M. - Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus & Andromeda
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - One Sky Project
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Michael Jackson
SUNDAY, AUGUST 11
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - One Sky Project
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Michael Jackson
AUGUST 12 – 15: CLOSED
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16
2:30 P.M. - The Dark Matter Mystery: Exploring a Cosmic Secret
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Vinyl
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: Perfect Little Planet
12:30 P.M. - The Great Planet Adventure
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - The Dark Matter Mystery: Exploring a Cosmic Secret
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Vinyl
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - The Dark Matter Mystery: Exploring a Cosmic Secret
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Vinyl
AUGUST 19 – 22: CLOSED
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23
2:30 P.M. - The Dark Matter Mystery: Exploring a Cosmic Secret
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Vinyl
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: Perfect Little Planet
12:30 P.M. - The Great Planet Adventure
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - The Dark Matter Mystery: Exploring a Cosmic Secret
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Vinyl
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - The Dark Matter Mystery: Exploring a Cosmic Secret
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Vinyl
AUGUST 26 – 29: CLOSED
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30
2:30 P.M. - The Dark Matter Mystery: Exploring a Cosmic Secret
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Vinyl
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: Perfect Little Planet
12:30 P.M. - The Great Planet Adventure
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - The Dark Matter Mystery: Exploring a Cosmic Secret
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Vinyl
September Schedule
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - From Earth to the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Queen
SEPTEMBER 2 – 5: CLOSED
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
2:30 P.M. - From Earth to the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Queen
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: One World, One Sky — Big Bird's Adventure
12:30 P.M. - Cosmic Castaways
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - From Earth to the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Queen
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - From Earth to the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Queen
SEPTEMBER 9 – 12: CLOSED
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
2:30 P.M. - From Earth to the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Queen
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: One World, One Sky — Big Bird's Adventure
12:30 P.M. - Cosmic Castaways
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - From Earth to the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Queen
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - From Earth to the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Queen
SEPTEMBER 16 – 19: CLOSED
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
2:30 P.M. - Mexica Archeoastronomy: Between Space and Time
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser X
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: Secret of the Cardboard Rocket
12:30 P.M. - Earth's Wild Ride
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Mexica Archeoastronomy: Between Space and Time
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser X
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Mexica Archeoastronomy: Between Space and Time
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser X
SEPTEMBER 23 – 26: CLOSED
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
2:30 P.M. - Mexica Archeoastronomy: Between Space and Time
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser X
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: Secret of the Cardboard Rocket
12:30 P.M. - Earth's Wild Ride
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Mexica Archeoastronomy: Between Space and Time
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser X
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Mexica Archeoastronomy: Between Space and Time
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser X
SEPTEMBER 30: CLOSED
October Schedule
OCTOBER 1 – 3: CLOSED
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
2:30 P.M. - Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Fright Light
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: Max Goes to the Moon
12:30 P.M. - Saturn, the Ring World
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Fright Light
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Fright Light
OCTOBER 7 – 10: CLOSED
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11
2:30 P.M. - Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Fright Light
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: Max Goes to the Moon
12:30 P.M. - Saturn, the Ring World
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Fright Light
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Fright Light
OCTOBER 14 – 17: CLOSED
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18
2:30 P.M. - Phantom of the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Fright Light 2
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19: CLOSED
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20
☆ Day of the Dead ☆
*Show Schedule Coming Soon*
OCTOBER 21 – 24: CLOSED
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
2:30 P.M. - Phantom of the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Fright Light 2
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: Perfect Little Planet
12:30 P.M. - The Hot and Energetic Universe
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Phantom of the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Fright Light 2
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Phantom of the Universe
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Fright Light 2
OCTOBER 28 – 31: CLOSED
November Schedule
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
2:30 P.M. - Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus + Orion
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser U2
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: One World, One Sky — Big Bird's Adventure
12:30 P.M. - Cosmic Mashups
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus + Orion
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser U2
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus + Orion
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser U2
NOVEMBER 4 – 7: CLOSED
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8
2:30 P.M. - Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus + Orion
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser U2
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: One World, One Sky — Big Bird's Adventure
12:30 P.M. - Cosmic Mashups
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus + Orion
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser U2
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus + Orion
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser U2
NOVEMBER 11 – 14: CLOSED
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15
2:30 P.M. - Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus + Orion
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser U2
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: Secret of the Cardboard Rocket
12:30 P.M. - Einstein's Gravity Playlist
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Cosmology
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Colors of the World
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Cosmology
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Colors of the World
NOVEMBER 18 – 21: CLOSED
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22
2:30 P.M. - Cosmology
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Colors of the World
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: Secret of the Cardboard Rocket
12:30 P.M. - Einstein's Gravity Playlist
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Cosmology
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Colors of the World
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Cosmology
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Colors of the World
NOVEMBER 25 – 30: CLOSED
December Schedule
DECEMBER 1 – 6: CLOSED
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7
☆ Holiday at the Museum ☆
*Show Schedule Coming Soon*
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Star of Bethlehem
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Holiday
DECEMBER 9 – 12: CLOSED
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13
2:30 P.M. - Star of Bethlehem
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Holiday 2
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14
11:30 A.M. - Children's Planetarium Show: Max Goes to the Moon
12:30 P.M. - Europe to the Stars
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Star of Bethlehem
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Holiday 2
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15
1:30 P.M. - Astrobreak
2:30 P.M. - Star of Bethlehem
3:30 P.M. - Laser Music Show: Laser Holiday 2
DECEMBER 16 – 31: CLOSED
Planetarium Shows
Full Length Shows
5000 Eyes: Mapping the Universe with DESI (2023)
5000 Eyes: Mapping the Universe with DESI is a fulldome film about the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) which is creating the most detailed map of our nearby universe using a unique instrument which can measure the spectra of many galaxies at once. The film is created by Fiske Planetarium in collaboration with DESI scientists.
Experience the largest structures in the universe as never seen before by flying through a portion of DESI's initial data. Dive into modern cosmology, plus the scientific background and motivation for building a large map of galaxies. And, take a trip to Kitt Peak to see footage of the telescope in action while getting to know the amazing people from all over the world making this research possible.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 22 Minutes
Educator Guide PDF available by request
Astrobreak! — A Live Stargazing Tour
See whats outside tonight as one of our Moody Planetarium operators projects the night sky onto our dome, and gives a live tour of the evenings visible stars and constellations.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 25–35 Minutes
Audio Universe: Tour of the Solar System (2021)
Experience the Solar System like never before - by traveling on a spacecraft that can turn the objects in space into sound!
The audience of this stunning 35 minute show are transported inside a special spacecraft that takes them to the European Southern Observatorys Very Large Telescope (VLT) to view the stars in the night sky, before lifting them off into space to visit the Earth, Moon, Sun and all the planets of the Solar System.
Unlike traditional planetarium shows the soundtrack takes the lead role. Each of the objects in space are represented with sounds as well as being presented with the incredible 4K resolution visuals, The audience listen to the stars appear and hear the planets orbit around their heads. This means that this show is an immersive experience that can be enjoyed irrespective of level of vision.
This show is designed to be educational for children but proves to be an entertaining experience for people of all ages.
Recommended Age: 7+
Run Time: 35 Minutes
Birth of the Solar System (2010)
Witness the dramatic collisions that shaped the planets and moons!
How did our solar system originate? What chain of events led to its creation? Just as detectives look for traces of evidence to solve a mystery, astronomers analyze the evidence that points to the formation of the Sun and planets. In particular, they study the influence that impacts and collisions had on the worlds of the solar system. The most dramatic evidence for this collisional history of solar system evolution are the impact craters found on almost all the bodies in the solar system, including Earth. These surface scars tell us the formation history of planets, moons, and rings was violent. Yet today, we live in a relatively stable solar system, made possible by the shattering collisions that shaped our worlds.
This program gives us a unique look at the formation of the solar system by tracing the role that collisions played throughout its history. Beginning with the condensation of the initial cloud of gas and cosmic dust, we explore the history of planetary formation and the mechanism of accretion that played an important role in shaping the worlds of the solar system.
Recommended Age: 14+
Run Time: 21 Minutes
Black Holes (2006)
Black Holes takes you on a fully immersive journey through one of the most mystifying, awe-inspiring phenomena in the universe: a black hole.
Where do they come from? Where do they go? How do we find them? Is there one on Earths horizon? What was Einsteins connection to them?
Recommended Age: 6+
Run Time: 23 Minutes
Cosmic Castaways (2013)
There are places where the night sky has no constellations.
No Orion, no Big Dipper, nothing but a few lonely, far away stars and a few faint, ghostly patches of light. Most stars lie within the crowded boundaries of galaxies, travelling with their brothers and sisters in a vast galactic family. But some find themselves on their own, deep within voids between the galaxies. These are the cosmic castaways.
This show is an original production of the Ward Beecher Planetarium and is based on the research of YSUs resident astrophysicists Dr. John Feldmeier and Dr. Patrick Durrell.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 23 Minutes
Cosmic Mashups (2023)
Supermassive black holes are found in most galaxies and we're beginning to uncover how the merging of galaxies activate galactic centers. This engaging fulldome film was produced by Fiske Planetarium in collaboration with CU Boulder APS Professor, Dr. Julie Comerford and former graduate student Dr. Becky Nevin through support from an NSF award.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 21 Minutes
*Also available in Spanish
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (2015)
Fiske Planetarium is proud to present a film showcasing the research of our very own CU Boulder Scientist, Dr. James Green. This film highlights the current research of Cosmic Origin Spectrograph (C.O.S.) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope, the last instrument installed by the NASA astronauts. C.O.S. is allowing us an unprecedented view into the vast spaces between galaxies which surrounds our own Milky Way. Join us in the exploration of this hidden universe as we decode the secrets to the origins of the cosmos.
Recommended Age: 15+
Run Time: 27 Minutes
Cosmology (2017)
The study of our universe is as old as time, yet our understanding of the origins and nature of the universe is less than 100 years old.
This fulldome planetarium program, written and produced by high school and college students is an overview of the science of cosmology. From our earliest theories about the size of the universe to the big bang theory, this show details how our understanding has evolved over time.
Recommended Age: 15+
Run Time: 27 Minutes
The Cowboy Astronomer (1993; remastered 2005)
Explore the stars from a cowboys point of view!
The Cowboy Astronomer is a skillfully woven tapestry of star tales and Native American legends, combined with constellation identification, star-hopping, and astronomy tidbits — all told from the unique viewpoint of a cowboy astronomer who has traveled the world plying his trade and learning the sky along the way.
Recommended Age: 6+
Run Time: 37 Minutes
The Dark Matter Mystery: Exploring a Cosmic Secret (2015)
What keeps Galaxies together? What are the building blocks of the Universe? What makes the Universe look the way it looks today? Researchers all around the world try to answer these questions. We know today that approximately a quarter of the Universe is filled with a mysterious glue: Dark Matter. We know that it is out there. But we have no idea what it is made out of.
This fulldome planetarium show takes you on the biggest quest of contemporary astrophysics. You will see why we know that Dark Matter exists, and how this search is one of the most challenging and exciting searches science has to offer. Join the scientists on their hunt for Dark Matter with experiments in space and deep underground. Will they be able to solve the Dark Matter Mystery?
Recommended Age: 14+
Run Time: 38 Minutes
Dark: Understanding Dark Matter (2012)
DARK is a fulldome movie that explains and explores the nature of dark matter, the missing 80% of the mass of the Universe.
The search for dark matter is the most pressing astrophysical problem of our time—the solution to which will help us understand why the Universe is as it is, where it came from, and how it has evolved over billions of years—the unimaginable depths of deep time, of which a human life is but a flickering instant. But in that instant, we can grasp its immensity and, through science, we can attempt to understand it.
The movie is presented by Dr Alan Duffy, a brilliant young astronomer from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) at the University of Western Australia—who creates simulations of dark matter evolution inside supercomputers. Alan introduces us to the idea of dark matter, why astronomers think it exists, and explains why radio astronomy is so well-suited to its discovery.
We explore why the new Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) Telescope, currently under construction in remote Western Australia, will be so important in this scientific quest. But this is only the beginning.
We journey through completely immersive visualisations of dark matter evolution calculated upon some of the worlds fastest supercomputers—cosmological visions on a truly vast scale, in which galaxies themselves are but points of light, distributed across far larger intergalactic structures of Dark Matter. These visualisations, developed by Paul Bourke, demonstrate the cutting-edge of contemporary supercomputer visualisation of massive scientific datasets and astrophysical simulation.
It sounds like Science Fiction, but it's not. It's the real stuff. Real Data, seen in this way for the very first time.
Recommended Age: 12+
Run Time: 20 Minutes
Dawn of the Space Age (2007)
From the launch of the first artificial satellite Sputnik, to the magnificent lunar landings and privately operated space flights.
Be immersed and overwhelmed with this most accurate historic reconstruction of Mans first steps into space.
Who were these Men and Women that took part in these death defying endeavours? Witness their drive, their passion, and their perseverance to explore, in Dawn of the Space Age.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 41 Minutes
Dinosaur Prophecy (2006)
Long before the dinosaurs' massive extinction 65 million years ago, many individual species simply disappeared.
Visit dinosaur graveyards, study their bones, and reconstruct how these creatures lived and died to solve four famous cold cases from the age of the dinosaurs in the Dinosaur Prophecy.
Meet the feathered dinosaurs of Leoning. Could todays ostriches and chickens be the descendants of dinosaurs?
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 23 Minutes
Earths Wild Ride (2005)
Imagine Earth were a distant place you once called home but could never visit again. What would you remember most about the planet, and how would you describe it to your grandchildren?
Set on the surface of the Moon in the year 2081, a grandfather and granddaughter watch a solar eclipse from scenic cliffs overlooking their moon colony. Conversation leads to contrasts between the moon, the only home the granddaughter knows, and the Earth, where the grandfather has spent most of his life.
As they watch the Moon's shadow move across Earth, the grandfather tells stories of crashing asteroids, erupting volcanoes, roaring dinosaurs, electrifying lightning and booming thunder. Each experience begins with a telescope view of the dynamic Earth in stark contrast with the unchanging lunar landscape.
Earths Wild Ride is like many tales shared by grandparents over the centuries, except "the old country" is really another planet, always visible from the moon base, but totally unlike the granddaughter's world. While learning about eclipses, the ice age, Earth's water cycle and differences between the Earth and Moon, the audience is taken on a roller-coaster-like ride through canyons of raging rivers and hot flowing lava. Adventure and appreciation for home fill this 20-minute journey back to the Earth.
Recommended Age: 7+
Run Time: 22 Minutes
Einstein's Gravity Playlist (2017)
Einstein's Gravity Playlist is an original planetarium show that explores the ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves. Albert Einstein first predicted the existence of gravitational waves in 1916, and a century later, scientists detected these waves using incredibly precise laser technology here on Earth. In honor of this long-anticipated detection, the scientists who created the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017. In this show, viewers follow Lucia, a PhD student in physics, on an exploration of how gravitational waves are formed, how they move through the universe, and how scientists like her work to hear them.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 22 Minutes
Europe to the Stars (2018)
Fulldome show “Europe to the Stars” takes the viewer on an epic journey behind the scenes at the most productive ground-based observatory in the world, revealing the science, the history, the technology and the people.
Discover the European Southern Observatory in a story of cosmic curiosity, courage and perseverance; a story of observing a Universe of deep mysteries and hidden secrets; and a story of designing, building and operating the most powerful ground-based telescopes on the planet.
The movie focuses on the essential aspects of an astronomical observatory while offering a broader view of how astronomy is done. From site-testing to locate the best places in the world for observing the sky, to how telescopes are built and what mysteries of the Universe astronomers are revealing.
Recommended Age: 14+
Run Time: 31 Minutes
Exoplanets (2015)
Learn about planets beyond our solar system and techniques astronomers use to find them. This show was produced by the Casper Planetarium and is a winner of the Associazione dei Planetari Italiani Planetarium Video Competition.
Recommended Age: 12+
Run Time: 30 Minutes
Extreme Planets (2001)
For centuries, humanity has wondered whether we are alone in the Universe. Now, we are finally one step closer to knowing the answer. With the discovery in 1995 of the first planet orbiting another star, we now know that planets are not unique to our own Solar System. In fact, these “extrasolar” planets now appear to be quite common.
This show explores what makes a planet “Earth-like” in the first place and take a tour of several worlds that just might fit the conditions were looking for. From water worlds to molten landscapes, inhabitable moons to planets with multiple suns, these exotic worlds arent just science fiction anymore!
Recommended Age: 12+
Run Time: 32 Minutes
Forward! To the Moon (2022)
Kari Byron from Crash Test World and MythBusters launches us on a journey beyond the Earth towards a sustainable future in space.
NASAs 21st century Artemis program, named after the Greek moon Goddess and twin of Apollo, is the next step in our mission to explore the universe and land the first woman and person of color on the surface of the Moon. Produced by Fiske Planetarium in collaboration with TEND Studio.
Recommended Age: 12+
Run Time: 26 Minutes
“Artemis I Launch and Splashdown Event Planning Guide” PDF available upon request
From Earth to the Universe (2015)
The night sky, both beautiful and mysterious, has been the subject of campfire stories, ancient myths and awe for as long as there have been people. A desire to comprehend the Universe may well be humanitys oldest shared intellectual experience. Yet only recently have we truly begun to grasp our place in the vast cosmos. To learn about this journey of celestial discovery, from the theories of the ancient Greek astronomers to todays grandest telescopes, we invite you to experience From Earth to the Universe.
This stunning, 30-minute voyage through space and time conveys, through sparkling sights and sounds, the Universe revealed to us by science. Viewers can revel in the splendour of the worlds in the Solar System and our scorching Sun. From Earth to the Universe takes the audience out to the colourful birthplaces and burial grounds of stars, and still further out beyond the Milky Way to the unimaginable immensity of myriad galaxies.
Along the way, the audience will learn about the history of astronomy, the invention of the telescope, and todays giant telescopes that allow us to probe ever deeper into the Universe.
Recommended Age: 14+
Run Time: 31 Minutes
The Great Planet Adventures (2014)
With muscles and bones made on Earth, you'll be a super star on the solar system's low-gravity worlds. Imagine zip lining on the scorched Mercury or snowmobiling when it really snows on Pluto. Bungee jumping into outer space from an asteroid is like low-g diving from the tallest cliff or rappelling into deepest canyon in the solar system. Without gravity's strong pull, you can glide over the hydrocarbon lakes of Titan, jet-pack in a geyser's spray on Triton, or even drive a monster truck along a steep lunar crater wall. The Great Planet Adventures brings you each of these incredible off-world adventures.
Recommended Age: 6+
Run Time: 22 Minutes
The Hot and Energetic Universe (2016)
The planetarium documentary The Hot and Energetic Universe presents with the use of immersive visualizations and real images the achievements of the modern astronomy, the most advanced terrestrial and orbital observatories, the basic principles electromagnetic radiation and the natural phenomena related to the High Energy Astrophysics.
High Energy Astrophysics plays a key role in understanding the universe. These radiations reveal the processes in the hot and violent Universe. This science also probes hot gas in clusters of galaxies, which are the most massive objects in the Universe. It also probes hot gas accreting around supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies. Finally, high energy radiation provides important information about our own Galaxy, neutron stars, supernova remnants and stars like our Sun which emit copious amounts of high energy radiation.
Europe plays a leading role in high energy astrophysics research. The XMM-Newton and the Integral missions, are leading the exploration of the X-ray and gamma-ray Universe.
ESA's mission ATHENA, to be launched in 2028, will carry the most sensitive X-ray telescope ever and It will be the flagship of all high X-ray missions.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 29 Minutes
IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System (2009)
Join scientists who are investigating the boundary between our Solar System and the rest of our galaxy in IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System.
Designed for visitors with an appreciation for the challenges of space science and a desire to learn more about science research, the show follows the creation of NASAs Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX). Audiences will get an in-depth look at the mission and how IBEX is collecting high-speed atoms to create a map of our Solar Systems boundary.
Narrated by two inquisitive teenagers, audiences will hear from the scientists and engineers that developed the IBEX mission and created the spacecraft, and get the latest updates on the missions discoveries.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 27 Minutes
Lucys Cradle (2008)
Over a hundred planets and moons of all sizes orbit the sun, yet only Earth has intelligent life—or perhaps any life at all. What are the required conditions to foster life? Solar energy, a protective atmosphere, liquid water—but maybe much more. The record of Earth's past shows long-term stability, punctuated by moving continents, periods of rising and falling oceans and ice ages followed by global warming. What combination of environmental variation and stability is required for life to begin and to become intelligent?
Based on the genetic diversity in human DNA around the globe, all modern humans can be traced to an ancestral source population in East Africa. The East African Rift Valley is a unique environment for the discovery of ancient hominid remains. Here, moving faults have exposed sediments of ancient lakes and rivers, and the precious fossils they conceal. Lucy lived here 3.2 million years ago at a time of changing climate with more seasonal variation and of savannahs replacing rainforests. The embodiment of early hominids, Lucy was about the height and weight of a modern ten-year-old girl and was fully bipedal. By standing upright, she could look over the grassland, cover longer distances, spot predators, and regulate her body temperature more efficiently.
Following Lucy came hominids with more human behaviors: stone tool making, scavenging, meat eating, hunting and mastering fire. The larger brains needed for these tasks resulted in an extended childhood, which required more complex social groups and the development of language.
Lucys Cradle, the Birth of Wonder chronicles these developments along the East African Rift Valley and then follows the spread of humans around the globe. From the obelisks of Axum to mountaintop observatories, humans have searched for a relationship with the heavens. Modern astronomers are continuing a magnificent journey of human vision that began over 3 million years ago when a young female hominid peered over the grassland of East Africa and saw the distant horizon beyond her fingertips.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 23 Minutes
Max Goes to the Moon (2015)
Max (the dog) and a young girl named Tori take the first trip to the Moon since the Apollo era. Along the way, the story sets the stage for the more sophisticated science of the “Big Kid Box” sidebars, which cover topics including “Phases of the Moon,” “Wings in Space?,” and “Frisbees and Curve Balls on the Moon”—all thoughtfully explained so that grownups and children can learn together about science. Toward the end, Max and Toris trip proves so inspiring to people back on Earth that all the nations of the world come together to build a great Moon colony from which “the beautiful views of Earth from the Moon made everyone realize that we all share a small and precious planet.”
Recommended Age: 4+
Run Time: 34 Minutes
Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe (2017)
In a feast of colours and sounds, Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe makes a tour of 6 Mayan temples: San Gervasio, Chichen Itzá, Uxmal, Edzná, Palenque and Bonampak where the spectator dives into a Mayan world of knowledge about the importance of the orientations of its temples in relation to the movement of some stars like the Sun, the Moon and Venus.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 20 Minutes
Mexica Archaeoastronomy: Between Space and Time (2018)
This feature illustrates the important role played by astronomical observation for the evolution of pre-Hispanic cultures in central Mexico. They used the calendrical and astronomical knowledge inherited by their predecessor cultures to found the capital of their empire: Tenochtitlan.
Vibrant colors, shapes and sounds transport the viewer to one of the most important cultures in Mesoamerica.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 20 Minutes
One Sky Project (2023)
This is the fulldome feature version of the One Sky Project short films. Each short film represents the perspective of a different culture or Indigenous society from around the globe. Each film stands alone as a short story or in combination as a longer narrative—organized around themes of "Finding Patterns" and developing tools, or as we say, "To Seek Far."
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 43 Minutes
One World, One Sky — Big Birds Adventure (2008)
One World, One Sky is a 27-minute fulldome planetarium show that follows Sesame Street's Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a Muppet from Zhima Jie, the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. Together, they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth.
When Elmo and Hu Hu Zhu "travel" to the moon, they discover some basic but surprising scientific facts. For example, they can't fly a kite there because there is no wind. The fuzzy friends then excitedly realize that children like to fly kites in both China and the United States! At the end of the show, Big Bird, Elmo, and Hu Hu Zhu pick a friendship star to remind them that no matter how far apart they might be, they can always look into the night sky and cherish their shared memories.
One World, One Sky is a brilliant spectacle of light and color as the furry friends watch the stars twinkle over Sesame Street. Children attending the show can interact as they watch, drawing constellations and counting the time it takes the sun to set. The show aims to nurture a child's natural sense of wonder about the night sky while forging cross-cultural connections, and bridging kids across nations through a common bond in learning about the sky together.
Recommended Age: 4+
Run Time: 27 Minutes
Origins of Life (2005)
Origins of Life deals with some of the most profound questions of life science: the origins of life and the human search for life beyond Earth.
Starting with the Big Bang, in chronological order, the show deals with the prebiotic chemistry in the Universe, the formation of stars, formation of solar systems, and the first life on Earth.
Furthermore Origins of Life covers the great extinctions as well as our search for (primitive) life beyond planet Earth.
This show is a inspirational journey through time and a celebration of life on Earth.
It features many recent discoveries related to life science, demonstrating that if there was ever a time that science made its greatest advances, its right now!
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 23 Minutes
Out There: The Quest for Extrasolar Worlds (2017)
For thousands of years, mankind thought that the Earth was the centre of the Universe. Thanks to our curiosity, imagination and urge to explore, we now know that planets like our Earth are nothing special in the cosmos. The Sun is just one ordinary star among hundreds of billions in our galaxy, the Milky Way. With the worlds most powerful telescopes, we are able to explore more and more of the Universe. What we have found so far has surpassed even the wildest expectations of scientists as well as authors of science fiction. Most stars have planets—it turns out they are more common than we thought.
A huge diversity of different worlds is out there, just waiting to be discovered.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 30 Minutes
Perfect Little Planet (2012)
Imagine the ultimate space vacation. Discover our solar system through a different set of eyes—a family from another star system seeking the perfect vacation spot. Fly over the surface of Pluto, our best known Dwarf Planet. Dive over the ice cliffs of Miranda.
Sail through the rings of Saturn. Feel the lightning storms at Jupiter. And walk on the surface of Mars. Which destination would you choose? This is the solar system journey for space travelers of all ages.
Recommended Age: 4+
Run Time: 37 Minutes
Phantom of the Universe (2017)
Phantom of the Universe is a new planetarium show that showcases an exciting exploration of dark matter, from the Big Bang to its anticipated discovery at the Large Hadron Collider.
The show reveals the first hints of its existence through the eyes of Fritz Zwicky, the scientist who coined the term “dark matter.” It describes the astral choreography witnessed by Vera Rubin in the Andromeda galaxy and then plummets deep underground to see the most sensitive dark matter detector on Earth, housed in a former gold mine.
From there, it journeys across space and time to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, speeding alongside particles before they collide in visually stunning explosions of light and sound, while learning how scientists around the world are collaborating to track down the constituents of dark matter.
Recommended Age: 12+
Run Time: 27 Minutes
Realm of Light — A Brief History of Life (2009)
A journey to the origins of space and our life.
The show tells in breathtaking pictures the story of the Universe and the Earth—from the big bang to the onset of modern man.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 24 Minutes
Rising Star — A South African Astronomy Journey (2022)
Rising Star takes you on an astronomical journey from our beginnings through the development of astronomy research in South Africa and looks at what the future of astronomy holds for the country.
In addition to introducing multi-wavelength and multi-messenger astronomy, it highlights the many remarkable facilities hosted in South Africa along with some of their latest results. This includes unrestricted views of the 10-metre class Southern African Large Telescope and the most powerful radio telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, MeerKAT.
The film is accessible to all ages and aims to excite audiences from around the world about South African astronomy while inspiring the next generation of astronomers. As the first of its kind to be produced in Africa, Rising Star hopes to stimulate the production of many more locally-produced planetarium films from multidisciplinary fields, with the goal of popularising Africas numerous scientific achievements.
Recommended Age: 14+
Run Time: 28 Minutes
Saturn, the Ring World (2013)
Saturn is the true "Lord of the Rings". After nearly seven years in transit, the two-story Cassini-Huygens spacecraft began orbiting Saturn on July 1, 2004. Cassini continues to explore Saturn and its moons during its extended mission, while the Huygens probe had landed on the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. The Cassini Saturn encounter began with a flyby of Saturn's farthest moon, Phoebe. See Saturn up-close and all-around-you inside our dome theater.
Saturn, the Ring World is narrated by Star Trek's John Billingsley (Dr. Phlox on ENTERPRISE) and was produced by the Houston Museum of Natural Science and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 23 Minutes
Secret of the Cardboard Rocket (2007)
Embark on an amazing adventure as two children spend a night touring the solar system alongside their ships navigator, a talking astronomy book. This continues to be one of the most popular shows in the fulldome industry world-wide.
Recommended Age: 4+
Run Time: 40 Minutes
Seeing! A Photons Journey Across Space, Time, and the Mind (2017)
Follow the journey of a single photon as it is produced in a distant star, before travelling across the vast expanse of space to land on someone's retina. This fulldome planetarium show explores some of the fascinating processes of the cosmos, from astrophysics to the biology of the eye and brain. Funded through a generous grant from ZEISS, the show is narrated by astronomer and science communicator, Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Recommended Age: 12+
Run Time: 26 Minutes
Star of Bethlehem (2012)
Journey back in time to see the night sky 2000 years ago. What was it that brought the Magi from the East to a little town in Palestine? Who were the wise men? Were there just three? Did they come from Persia, Babylon or Ethiopia? Did they follow a visible star to Jerusalem? Was Jesus born 2005 years ago? Is December 25th his real birthday?
Star of Bethlehem takes you to the time of mystery, in a planetarium show produced by the Houston Museum of Natural Science that answers these questions and more, as audiences search for a celestial object that could have led the wise men to the Christ child. A planet was called a "wandering star." A meteor was a "shooting star." And a comet was a "hairy star" because its tail looked like a beard. These are all candidates in our search. See the new research of a triple conjunction that may have been the sign in the East of the new Messiah.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 22 Minutes
The Sun, Our Living Star (2018)
The Sun has shone on our world for four and a half billion years. The light that warms our skin today has been felt by every person who has ever lived. It is our nearest star and our planets powerhouse, the source of the energy that drives our winds, our weather and all life.
The passage of the Suns fiery disc across the sky—day by day, month by month—was the only way to keep track of time for countless past civilizations. Dont be fooled by the terminology; although it is a typical dwarf star, the Sun consumes 600 million tons of hydrogen each second and is 500 times as massive as all the planets combined.
Discover the secrets of our star in this planetarium show and experience never-before-seen images of the Suns violent surface in immersive fulldome format. Our team has worked with some of the most talented planetarium producers to bring you this visually striking planetarium show about the most important star in our lives.
Recommended Age: 6+
Run Time: 24 Minutes
Sunset Meditation (2021)
How do STEM workers, including NASA professionals, cope with stress? Exercise is one way. Physical activity and fitness has been discussed in many NASA outreach efforts. However outreach efforts regarding other branches of health: emotional, psychological, and social well-being are lacking. Given that jobs come with stress, a global understanding the science of stress and learning a healthy way to cope with it helps with the wellbeing of employees, job productivity, employee retention, etc. Meditation is a powerful tool for maintaining psychological health and resilience. Since the planetarium offers a dark and quiet space for relaxation, it is the perfect place for meditation.
Enjoy a guided meditation experience from Ball State University with the program Sunset Meditation. View an amazing sunset as you travel from the Grand Canyon to the North Pole. Then relax under a night sky filled with stars and glimpses of the Northern Lights.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 25 Minutes
Sunstruck (2016)
Travel back to the beginning of time and experience the birth of the Sun. Discover how it came to support life, how it threatens life as we know it, and how its energy will one day fade away.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 20 Minutes
Totality! (2023)
Two eclipses cross the US in 2023 and 2024—an annular on October 14, 2023 and a total eclipse on April 8, 2024! Everyone in the continental US will experience at least a partial solar eclipse on April 8. Total solar eclipses are a rare and beautiful phenomena, and in this new planetarium show you will learn how eclipses happen, how to safely view one, and where these two eclipses take place. You will learn the history of eclipse watchers and how to observe safely. Texas is the nexus where the annular eclipse of 2023 and the total solar eclipse of 2024 cross! The next solar eclipse to cross the US is in 2045 so don't miss this one!
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 24 Minutes
Available in English or Spanish for private shows
Unveiling the Invisible Universe (2021)
For thousands of years the humans observed the light coming from the night sky with their eyes. In the beginning of the 17th century, the invention of the telescope by Galileo revolutionized our knowledge of the Universe.
Finally, in the 20th century with the advent of rockets, it became possible to go above the earths atmosphere and observe X-ray and gamma ray radiation which are the marks of the hot and violent Universe. But it is not only light that can give us information about the cosmos. Neutrinos and cosmic rays also provide vital information.
Finally, the detection by the LIGO experiment of gravitational waves from two merging black holes opened a new window in astrophysics.
This video presents images of the cosmos as revealed by all these different messengers.
Recommended Age: 14+
Run Time: 28 Minutes
Wildest Weather in the Solar System (2011)
Join National Geographic on a spectacular journey to witness the most beautiful, powerful, and mysterious weather phenomena in the solar system. From a storm the size of a 100-megaton hydrogen bomb, to a 400-year-old hurricane, to a dust tempest that could engulf entire planets, youll be glad you live on Earth!
Audiences will fly through the thick atmosphere of Venus, magnetic storms on the sun, liquid methane showers on Titan, and anticyclones whirling at hundreds of miles per hour on Jupiter. Packed with eye-popping visuals, high-end CGI, and cutting-edge science.
A film produced by Lisa Truitt & Jini Durr.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 24 Minutes
Shorts
Cosmonaut 360 (2018)
On his way home, a space explorer suffers an accident during the trip. When impacted by an asteroid, the Cosmonaute is forced to make a forced landing on an unknown planet. There he will meet a strange rabbit who will help him to return home, teaching us a valuable lesson.
Recommended Age: 4+
Run Time: 4 Minutes
Fiske Explorations 1: Grace (2018)
Its difficult to measure the depletion of water reservoirs when they are underground. NASA has come up with a creative solution—measuring changes in Earths gravity from space. Wet ground has more mass than dry ground, just like how a wet sponge is heavier than a dry one. This means that wet ground has a larger gravitational pull than dry ground. By measuring this fractional change, a pair of NASA satellites, called the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission, have been mapping our remaining underground water reservoirs across the globe.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 7 Minutes
Fiske Explorations 2: Big Science, Small Packages (2018)
In this episode we explore the development of Cube Satellites. Large space science research is being developed using small adaptable satellites.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 6 Minutes
Fiske Explorations 3: Mu69 (2018)
NASAs New Horizons flew by Pluto in 2015 and revealed a fascinating world: mountains made of ice the size of the US Rocky Mountains and smooth areas where impact craters have been erased. Pluto is part of a system of small bodies in the outer solar system known as the Kuiper Belt, where many comets linger. After New Horizons sped by Pluto, astronomers decided to steer the spacecraft toward an even smaller target, a dumbbell-shaped object dubbed MU-69, hoping it can teach us about the conditions of the early solar system.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 6 Minutes
Fiske Explorations 4: Parker Solar Probe (2019)
Hundreds of engineers, scientists, and technicians spent nearly a decade constructing the Parker Solar Probe to send it into the Suns atmosphere where it will study how the solar wind is created. The solar wind is a gas that streams off from the Sun, strong enough to strip away a planets atmosphere. Scientists currently do not understand how that gas is accelerated away from the Sun. Parker Solar Probe will be able to answer these questions by physically going to the spot where we think the solar wind is created and watching it happen. To do this, the Parker Solar Probe has to go into the outer layers of the Sun, six times closer than Mercury. At this point, the spacecraft will be going 430,000 miles per hour and shielded from temperatures of over 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 7 Minutes
Fiske Explorations 5: Apollos Legacy — Rocks from the Moon (2019)
Weather and geological activity erase Earths earliest records of how the planet formed, so this information needs to come from elsewhere. Fifty years ago, the Apollo astronauts brought back 840 pounds of moon rocks, pebbles, sand, and dust from six different landing sites. These rocks tell us that the Moon formed from the Earth: billions of years ago, Earth was likely hit by a body the size of Mars, and the Moon formed out of the resulting debris. The chemical composition of the Moon rocks has also taught us about how the Earth itself formed, with the heavier elements sinking down to the planets core and the lighter elements floating on the top to form the crust.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 8 Minutes
Fiske Explorations 6: The Dawn of Orion (2019)
Its been 50 years since NASA last built a human spacecraft. The Orion spacecraft follows in Apollos footsteps, but with technology upgrades that allow it to support up to six crew members for three weeks. Astronauts will use Orion to conduct a lunar flyby in 2023. Subsequent missions will also be used to construct a lunar space station, termed the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway. The Gateway will be used for both manned and robotic exploration of the Moon and extraction of resources, such as mining lunar water ice which can be used to make rocket fuel.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 5 Minutes
Fiske Explorations 7: TESS (2020)
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is currently looking all over the sky at 200,000 nearby stars, searching for new planets. It does this by measuring how a stars brightness changes over time. A planet that travels in front of its star will block out the stars light, which TESS will measure as a dimming. This method can also tell us about the planets size, orbit, and even a bit about its atmosphere.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 6 Minutes
Fiske Explorations 8: SOFIA (2021)
By looking at the universe in infrared light, astronomers are able to see objects that are otherwise invisible. However, this infrared light gets absorbed by water vapor low in Earth's atmosphere.To solve this problem, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is a modified Boeing 747 designed to carry an infrared telescope high above Earth's surface. SOFIA is also known for the Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors program, where groups of high school teachers are brought onto the flight to see the teamwork and process involved in scientific research. They then take this unique experience back to their classrooms.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 7 Minutes
Four Paths of the Sun
This short program illustrates why Earth has seasons, how the Sun's altitude in the sky changes over the course of a year, and how the angle of the Sun causes changes in weather.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 10 Minutes
Galaxies (2016)
Once we thought that Earth was the center of the universe. Shapely and Hubble changed that prespective by showing that we are part of a vast expanse of galaxies. This program reviews some of their key discoveries and explores some of the most common types of galaxies.
Recommended Age: 12+
Run Time: 15 Minutes
Journey to the Center of the Milky Way (2014)
By observing the heart of the galaxy over a period of twenty years the VLT and the Keck telescopes were able to observe the motion of more than 100 stars and identify the exact position of an otherwise invisible object: a supermassive black hole four million times the mass of the Sun.
Using VISTA, an infrared telescope also situated at the Paranal Observatory, ESO is able to look through the dust and dig even deeper into the mysteries of the Milky Way.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 7 Minutes
MUSCLES (2017)
How can we use the light from distant stars to search for potentially habitable exoplanets? In this short film, we explore how researchers are using the Hubble Space Telescope's Measurements of the Ultraviolet Spectral Characteristics of Low-mass Exoplanetary Systems (MUSCLES) Survey to study properties of red dwarf stars and how their intense x-ray and ultraviolet flares may affect the chemistry of planets' atmospheres. Differentiating the stars that may lead to false positive detections of biomarkers will help future space telescopes such as the James Webb Telescope to know which stars are more promising to search for habitable worlds.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 7 Minutes
One Sky Project — Finding Patterns: The Forge of Artemis (2023)
In ancient Greece, Orion was a mighty but not particularly popular hunter, but his constellation shines brightly—a familiar shape to people around the world. Why did the goddess Artemis immortalize him in the sky?
This film is part of the One Sky Project. Each short film represents the perspective of a different culture or Indigenous society from around the globe. Each film stands alone as a short story or in combination as a longer narrative—organized around themes of "Finding Patterns" and developing tools, or as we say, "To Seek Far."
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 5 Minutes
One Sky Project — To Seek Far: Thunderbird (2023)
The sky is a powerful tool for measuring time, and for the Diné, or Navajo people, the Thunderbird transcends space and time, revealing the passage of seasons and connecting earth and sky.
This film is part of the One Sky Project. Each short film represents the perspective of a different culture or Indigenous society from around the globe. Each film stands alone as a short story or in combination as a longer narrative—organized around themes of "Finding Patterns" and developing tools, or as we say, "To Seek Far."
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 7 Minutes
One Sky Project — To Seek Far: Jai Singhs Dream (2023)
Amid the political chaos of 18th-century India, a great ruler brought the order of the skies down to earth. His giant instruments allowed for precise measurements of stars, planets, and the passage of time—and his observatories still stand today!
This film is part of the One Sky Project. Each short film represents the perspective of a different culture or Indigenous society from around the globe. Each film stands alone as a short story or in combination as a longer narrative—organized around themes of "Finding Patterns" and developing tools, or as we say, "To Seek Far."
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 7 Minutes
One Sky Project — Finding Patterns: Celestial Canoe (2023)
The First People of what is now northern Canada watched the slow turn of a canoe in the sky—mirroring the change in seasons on land. This celestial canoe guided them through a particularly challenging part of the year.
This film is part of the One Sky Project. Each short film represents the perspective of a different culture or Indigenous society from around the globe. Each film stands alone as a short story or in combination as a longer narrative—organized around themes of "Finding Patterns" and developing tools, or as we say, "To Seek Far."
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 7 Minutes
One Sky Project — Finding Patterns: The Samurai and Stars (2023)
For many, the stars offer solace and comfort. For our Japanese narrator, images in the sky—even the colors of the stars—bring back memories of music, history, and childhood.
This film is part of the One Sky Project. Each short film represents the perspective of a different culture or Indigenous society from around the globe. Each film stands alone as a short story or in combination as a longer narrative—organized around themes of "Finding Patterns" and developing tools, or as we say, "To Seek Far."
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 5 Minutes
One Sky Project — Finding Patterns: Wayfinders (2023)
Hear from a Hawaiian navigator as she describes how the sky provides a compass and calendar for the oceanic people whose voyages connected islands throughout the Pacific Ocean.
This film is part of the One Sky Project. Each short film represents the perspective of a different culture or Indigenous society from around the globe. Each film stands alone as a short story or in combination as a longer narrative—organized around themes of "Finding Patterns" and developing tools, or as we say, "To Seek Far."
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 7 Minutes
One Sky Project — One Sky (Epilogue) (2023)
This is the epilogue fulldome film of the One Sky Project. Each short film represents the perspective of a different culture or Indigenous society from around the globe. Each film stands alone as a short story or in combination as a longer narrative—organized around themes of "Finding Patterns" and developing tools, or as we say, "To Seek Far."
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 3 Minutes
Science Through Shadows 1: Ring of Fire Eclipse (2023)
On October 14, 2023, individuals and communities across North America will have the chance to see an annular solar eclipse. This type of eclipse is commonly referred to as a “ring of fire” eclipse and is different from a “total” solar eclipse. This video outlines the differences between the two, discusses best practices for viewing the eclipse, and prepares audience members to have an amazing experience on eclipse day!
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 3 Minutes
Seasonal Stargazing (2007)
Find out more about “whats up tonight” in just a few minutes than some people do in a lifetime! Hop through constellations, learn cool star names, and groove to planetarium space music in this fulldome audiovisual experience.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time:
Autumn: 13 Minutes / 6 Minutes
Spring: 13 Minutes / 7 Minutes
Summer: 14 Minutes / 6 Minutes
Winter: 15 Minutes / 8 Minutes
Totality! (2023)
Two eclipses cross the US in 2023 and 2024—an annular on October 14, 2023 and a total eclipse on April 8, 2024! Everyone in the continental US will experience at least a partial solar eclipse on April 8. Total solar eclipses are a rare and beautiful phenomena, and in this new planetarium show you will learn how eclipses happen, how to safely view one, and where these two eclipses take place. You will learn the history of eclipse watchers and how to observe safely. Texas is the nexus where the annular eclipse of 2023 and the total solar eclipse of 2024 cross! The next solar eclipse to cross the US is in 2045 so don't miss this one!
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 10 Minutes
Available in English or Spanish for private shows
Tree of Life (2019)
Sharing culture in innovative ways. Celebrate a night of astral observation with a special event filled with vibrant colors. The music is interpreted in synchrony with projected visuals while the story of the universal Tree of Life is narrated.
The Mayan Universe is composed of three planes or comic regions governed by different deities that manifest different types of energy. The three worlds are intimately related and are part of the great Cosmic Tree or axis of the universe, which raises its crown to embrace the heavens and plunges its roots into the depths of the underworld. Through this “tree of life” it is possible to transit from one region to another, it is the way that communicates and interweaves everything that exists.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 6 Minutes
Variable Star Shorts (2021)
Many of the stars we see get brighter and even fainter over various periods of time. Some stars dim, brighten, dim again, and so on…in less than a second! Other stars take years to vary their brightness—and not because the star is dying. These stars are called “variable stars.” Explore a different variable star each month with these fulldome shorts.
January - Pleione in Taurus
February - Betelgeuse in Orion
March - Propus in Gemini
April - R Leonis in Leo
May - V Hydrae in Hydra
June - Y Canum Venaticorum in Canes Venatici
July - R Scuti in Scutum
August - R Aquilae & the Summer Triangle
September - Delta Cephei & Cepheid Variables
October - Mira (Omicron Ceti)
November - Almaaz (Epsilon Aurigae)
December - Algol, the Demon Star
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 2 – 4 Minutes
Waiting Far Away (2016)
An explorer of the cosmos has traveled too far… And cant find home. Follow in the footsteps of a cosmic traveler as he shares a wild story. Find out what grand mysteries he has uncovered while journeying deep into intergalactic space, searching…
In the creative process of producing planetarium shows, we often come across imagery that is stunning but doesnt work in the context of a science show. And so our collection of fulldome astronomy art animations has matured into a hybrid form of storytelling where we mix imagination with real data.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 11 Minutes
Worlds of Curiosity (2023)
Funded by the What-If Hypotheticals In Minecraft (WHIMC) research grant, Worlds of Curiosity dives into the questions of what it would be like to live on an Earth with no Moon, or an Earth that was tilted on its side (like Uranus). Join Mateo and Dr. Alicia Woods as they explore how our lives would be different on these Earths, talk about other hypothetical planets that could exist, and marvel at the even stranger worlds that astronomers have discovered beyond our solar system.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 15 Minutes
Laser Shows
Educational Laser Shows
A Brief Mystery of Time
A humorous program about the science, history and our cultural perceptions of time. Astronomical topics include black holes, wormholes, the speed of light and the possibilities of time travel.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 26 Minutes
The Great Space Chase
“Its an Intergalactic, Virtual-Reality Accelerator Suit. And its been stolen!” Join Lt. Photeus as he tracks the sinister Captain Xenon through our solar system. “The Great Space Chase” is a detective mystery, which teaches Audiences about our solar system and the universe beyond. This astronomy program is a light-hearted look at the universe around us, and features space-related music by popular artists.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 38 Minutes
Set List:
1. Chapter 1
2. Ready Steady Go - Paul Okenfold
3. Chapter 2
4. Ray of Light - Madonna (BEAMS)
5. Chapter 3
6. Elevation - U2
7. Chapter 4
8. Galaxy Song - Monty Python
9. Chapter 5
10. Cotton Eyed Joe - Rednex (BEAMS)
11. Chapter 6
Legends of the Night Sky: Orion
Legends of the Night Sky: Orion takes a lighthearted and imaginative look at the myths and stories associated with the constellation Orion, the great hunter of the winter sky. The show brings the mythological Orion to life in a fun-filled, animated adventure. Accompanied by narrators Aesop the owl and Socrates the mouse, we follow Orions adventures as he grows to manhood, battles mythical beasts, foils the plot of an evil king and wins the heart of Artemis, the beautiful moon-goddess. By the end of the story, we learn how the constellation Orion was placed in the sky, forever turning overhead throughout the seasons.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 19 Minutes
Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus & Andromeda
Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus and Andromeda is 18 minutes of full-dome fun, while also teaching children and adults the Greek story about the stars. We follow the legends of the mighty hero, Perseus and his love, Princess Andromeda in the adventures that lead to this couples meeting. Hear the legends of Perseus birth and the great prophecy tied to him. Then hear of the beautiful princess, Andromeda, and her parents great mistake that nearly cost them their kingdom!
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 19 Minutes
Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus + Orion
Narrators Aesop the owl and Socrates the mouse tell us two stories from from Autumn and Winter.
Part1:
We follow the legends of the mighty hero, Perseus and his love, Princess Andromeda
in the adventures that lead to this couples meeting. Hear the legends of Perseus
birth and the great prophecy tied to him. Then hear of the beautiful princess, Andromeda,
and her parents great mistake that nearly cost them their kingdom!
Part 2:
The show brings the mythological Orion to life in a fun-filled, animated adventure.
Accompanied by narrators Aesop the owl and Socrates the mouse, we follow Orions adventures
as he grows to manhood, battles mythical beasts, foils the plot of an evil king and
wins the heart of Artemis, the beautiful moon-goddess. By the end of the story, we
learn how the constellation Orion was placed in the sky, forever turning overhead
throughout the seasons.
Recommended Age: 8+
Run Time: 33 Minutes
Paradigm Shifts
Since the dawn of time we have sought to understand the nature of the universe. Before the advent of tools with which to study the earth and sky our ancestors personified the heavens and forces of nature with their gods and goddesses. Take a journey through time and space on which you will be greeted by constellations, sail across a starry night sky, and experience the wonders of our universe told through story and laser light.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 6 Minutes
Music Laser Shows
Colors of the World
Colors of the World takes laser audiences on a musical journey around the planet. This matinee program, with a focus on the authentic instruments and sounds that make different countries' music unique and appealing. Colors of the World explores many styles of music and samples of cultures from around the globe.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 37 Minutes
Set List:
1. Teper Mi Hovorymo - The Ukrainians - Ukraine
2. Zing Zong - Kanda Bongo Man - Zaire
3. La Negra - Pepe Lopez y su Mariachi - Mexico
4. Flute and Drum Heard at Sunset - Endless - China
5. Gathering - Nomad - Australia
6. Rockin' Gypsies - Willie and Lobo - Spain
7. Love Dreams - Kese Kese - India
8. I Love Paris - Toots Thielemans - France
9. Knödelpolka - Die Knodel - Austria
10. Bass Man - Steel Drum of Trinidad - Trinidad
11. Baila Negra - Viento de los Andes - Columbia
12. Tik Tik Tak - Glykeria - Greece
13. Strobes Nanafushi - Kodo - Japan
14. Mason's Apron - The Cheiftians - Ireland
15. Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong - USA
Dance of Light
Dance of Light is a fun visual and musical introduction to Classical music for audiences. of all ages. A collection of some of the most widely known classical pieces, Dance of Light is just as entertaining for fans of classical music as it is for those new to the genre. Produced by Laser Fantasy in conjunction with Boston Ballet and Boston Ballet Music Director Jonathan McPhee.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 44 Minutes
Set List:
1. O Fortuna from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
2. Waltz from Sleeping Beauty by P.I. Tchaikovsky
3. Spring from the Four Seasons by A. Vivaldi
4. March from the Nutcracker by P.I. Tchaikovsky
5. In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt by E Grieg
6. Russian Dance from the Nutcracker by P.I. Tchaikovsky
7. Bolero by Maurice Ravel
8. Carillon from the Hunchback of Notre Dame by Philip Feeney
9. Dance of the Wet-Nurses from Petroushka by Igor Stravinsky
10. Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet by S. Prokofiev
11. Sabre Dance by A Khatchaturian
12. Finale from Swan Lake by P.I. Tchaikovsky
13. Hoe Down from Rodeo by Aaron Copland (BEAMS)
Electro Pop
Prepare your senses for you are about to experience an audio-visual onslaught of intense laser light set to todays hottest streaming hits. From synth pop heavies Lady Gaga and Daft Punk to alt-rockin Bastille and Grouplove, this show has it all. So sit back and let the laser show do the work!
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 44 Minutes
Set List:
1. Applause - Lady Gaga
2. Turn Down For What - Lil Jon & DJ Snake
3. Pompeii - Bastille
4. Red Lights - Tiesto
5. Royals - Lorde
6. #SELFIE - The Chainsmokers
7. This Is How We Do - Katy Perry
8. Happy - Pharrell Williams
9. Tongue Tied - Grouplove
10. Get Lucky - Daft Punk
11. Neon Lights - Demi Lovato
12. Ten Feet Tall - Afrojack
Fright Light
Looking for a unique way to send chills up your spine? AVI is horrified to bring you Laser Fright Light. Do you have the courage to sit through the most terrifying laser experience ever? Are you brave enough to witness vampires seducing their prey and demons haunting the unsuspecting? Or perhaps you will keep your eyes closed and only sneak a peek at fun renditions like Purple People Eater or The Devil Went Down to Georgia. Laser Fright Light is a ghoulish way to celebrate the Halloween season…if you dare!
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 49 Minutes
Set List:
1. Michael Jackson - Thriller
2. Blue Öyster Cult - Godzilla
3. Monster Medley
a. Boris Pickett - Monster Mash
b. Warren Zavon - Purple People Eater
c. the Who - Boris the Spider
4. Metallica - Enter Sandman
5. Will Smith - Men in Black
6. Weird Al Ynakovic - Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters
7. Prodigy - Firestarter
8. Oingo Boingo - Dead Mans Party
9. Black Sabbath - Iron Man
10. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall
11. Garbage - Push It
12. Edgar Winters Group - Frankenstein
13. Charlie Daniels Band - Devil Went Down to Georgia
14. Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein
Fright Light 2
Looking for a unique way to send chills up your spine? AVI is horrified to bring you Fright Light 2. Do you have the courage to sit through the most terrifying laser experience ever? Are you brave enough to witness the undead nibbling brains or an unexpected encounter with little green men? Or perhaps you will keep your eyes closed and only sneak a peek at ghoulish renditions like Thriller or Feed My Frankenstein. Fright Light II is a ghoulish way to celebrate the Halloween season…if you dare!
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 49 Minutes
Set List:
1. Michael Jackson - Thriller
2. Blue Öyster Cult - Godzilla
3. Monster Medley
a. Boris Pickett - Monster Mash
b. Warren Zavon - Purple People Eater
c. the Who - Boris the Spider
4. John Williams - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
5. Will Smith - Men in Black
6. Weird Al Ynakovic - Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters
7. Jonathan Coulton - Re: Your Brains
8. Oingo Boingo - Dead Mans Party
9. Black Sabbath - Iron Man
10. Horror Movie Medley - “Theme From Nesferatu, Psycho, Jaws, Halloween, Insidious”
11. Edgar Winters Group - Frankenstein
12. Charlie Daniels Band - Devil Went Down to Georgia
13. Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein
Hypnotica
Techno music and lasers go together perfectly, and that is the mix that is Hypnotica! This program offers a mixture of techno and ambient electronic music taken directly from the late night rave scene. Reflecting influences from hip-hop, soul and pop, this dance-based program with a rock-band feel will shake your entire body with pulsing beats, incredible imagery and dazzling laser light effects.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 51 Minutes
Set List:
1. The Crystal Method - Trip Like I Do
2. Fat Boy Slim - Love Island
3. Faithless - Insomnia
4. Prodigy - Narayan
5. Björk - Joga
6. Delerium - Silence
7. The Chemical Brothers - Music: Response
8. Fat Boy Slim - Acid 8000
9. The Crystal Method - Comin Back
10. The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
iPop
iPop is music from your MP3 player set to spectacular laser graphics! Hits from the 2010s Pop charts like Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, with a pop classic or two thrown in to round out the mix. iPop features bright musical stars in even brighter laser light. Whats in your playlist?
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 42 Minutes
Set List:
1. Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris - Baby
2. Emily Osment - All the Way Up
3. Selena Gomez - Naturally
4. Miley Cyrus - Cant Be Tamed
5. Jackson 5 - ABC
6. Lady Gaga Featuring Beyoncé - Telephone
7. Daft Punk - The Grid
8. Big Time Rush - Halfway There
9. Victorius Featuring Victoria Justice - Freak the Freak Out
10. Ashley Tisdale - Masquerade
11. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feelin
12. Far East Movement with Rhyan Tedder - Rocketeer
13. Katy Perry - Firework
Laser Beatles
The greatest Rock ‘n Roll band of all time! Laser Beatles will take you back to a different time in history to re-experience and remember the evolution of this musical phenomenon. The “Fab Fours” best spanning 6 years becomes the background for dazzling laser-art. All ages and backgrounds will appreciate this fantasy tribute of music and light to The Beatles and how they helped define a generation.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 30 Minutes
Set List:
1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. I Wanna Hold Your Hand
3. Twist & Shout
4. A Hard Days Night
5. Nowhere Man
6. Help!
7. Yesterday
8. Octopus Garden
9. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Day in the Life
Laser Country
Laser Country is dedicated to some of the greatest country hits of all time. Set to the all-American sounds of modern and classical country songs, this laser show will appeal to all generations!From Garth Brooks and Shania Twain to Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline, this show promises to be a boot-scootin good time!
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 40 Minutes
Set List:
1. Garth Brooks - Aint Going Down (Till the Sun Comes Up)
2. Rascal Flatts - Me and My Gang
3. Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
4. Carrie Underwood - All-American Girl
5. Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind
6. Charlie Daniels Band - Devil Went Down to Georgia
7. Little Big Town - Good Lord Willing
8. George Strait - All My Exs
9. Patsy Cline - Crazy
10. Dierks Bentley - How Am I Doin?
11. Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried
12. Lee Greenwood - God Bless the USA
Laser Holidays
AVI is proud to offer an exciting and different way to be festive during the holiday season! This popular program features a mix of everyones favorite holiday music, from the classical to the modern, all set to fantastic laser light. And since the show is low intensity, it is appropriate for family members of all ages. Laser Holidays is a fun experience for everyone and gives new meaning to the term “holiday lights”—holiday LASER lights!
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 39 Minutes
Set List:
1. Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride
2. Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
3. Burl Ives - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
4. Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland
5. Philharmonic Orchestra - Deck the Halls
6. Randy Travis - Jingle Bell Rock
7. Bing Crosby - White Christmas
8. Smashing Pumpkins - Christmastime
9. Enya - Oiche Chiun (Silent Night)
10. Ronnie Spector/Darlene Love - Rockin Around the Christmas Tree
11. Cocteau Twins - Frosty the Snowman
12. David Foster - Carol of the Bells
13. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
14. Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
15. James Galway - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Laser Holidays 2
AVI is proud to offer an exciting and different way to be festive during the holiday season! This popular program features a mix of everyones favorite holiday music, from the classical to the modern, all set to fantastic laser artwork. And since the show is designed to be a cheery and merry family experience, it is appropriate for all ages. Laser Holidays 2 is a fun affair for everyone and gives new meaning to the term “holiday lights”—holiday LASER lights!
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 40 Minutes
Set List:
1. Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride
2. Jackson 5 - Up On The Housetop
3. Burl Ives - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
4. Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland
5. Philharmonic Orchestra - Deck the Halls
6. Randy Travis - Jingle Bell Rock
7. Bing Crosby - White Christmas
8. The Chipmunks - The Chipmunk Song
9. Spike Jones And His City Slickers - All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
10. Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
11. Ronnie Spector/Darlene Love - Rockin Around the Christmas Tree
12. Cocteau Twins - Frosty the Snowman
13. David Foster - Carol of the Bells
14. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
15. Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
16. James Galway - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Laser Magic
This program offers a magical mix of music, from those you love to those you have forgotten, all presented in concert with stunning laser images! This musical compilation is fun for the entire family and includes artists like Joan Jett, The B-52s, Will Smith, The Blackhearts and much more.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 43 Minutes
Set List:
1. Yanni - Santorini
2. Blue Öyster Cult - Godzilla
3. Shania Twain - Love Gets Me Every Time
4. Will Smith - Men In Black
5. Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
6. Enya - Storms of Africa
7. Pink Floyd - Money
8. Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
9. Cast of Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time Warp
10. Elton John - Diana (Candle in the Wind 97)
11. No Doubt - Dont Speak
12. Björk - The Hunter
13. Joan Jett - I Love Rock & Roll
14. The B-52s - Rock Lobster
15. Chumbawamba - Tub Thumping
Laser Mania
Surveying soft rock, pop, and adult contemporary and easy listening music, this fun family laser concert is a beautiful artistic interpretation for all ages.Featuring music from over five decades, hearts, eyes and ears will enjoy the dazzling colors and laser art set to a collection of musical delights in an immersive visual environment.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 42 Minutes
Set List:
1. The Immortals - Mortal Kombat Theme
2. Eiffel 65 - Blue
3. Santana - Smooth
4. Will Smith - Men In Black
5. Shania Twain - Man, I Feel Like A Woman
6. Celine Dion - Thats the Way It Is
7. Time Warp Medley
a. Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes
b. The Coasters - Yakity Yak
c. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
d. Diana Ross & the Supremes - Stop, In the Name of Love
e. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
f. Bee Gees - Stayin Alive
g. Romantics - What I Like About You
h. Prince - Lets Go Crazy
8. Sting - Desert Rose
9. Weird Al Yankovic - Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From a Planet Near Mars
10. Beck - Mixed Bizness
11. The Church - Under the Milky Way
12. Ricky Martin - Livin La Vida Loca
13. Blink 182 - All the Small Things
Laser Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson's amazing musical career is chronicled in this laser tribute the The King of Pop. His timeless hits live on in laser light.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 56 Minutes
Set List:
1. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
2. The Way You Make Me Feel
3. ABC
4. Black Or White
5. Human Nature (LUMIA)
6. Thriller - (BEAMS)
7. Man In The Mirror
8. Dirty Diana
9. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
10. Billie Jean
11. Bad
--- ENCORES ---
12. Smooth Criminal
13. Beat It (BEAMS)
Laser Pop
Pop goes the laser show! The hottest pop artists and the latest laser art come together in a sensational, eye-POPping laser show that will have your heart thumping and your feet tapping! Laser Pop features sizzling stars, both past and present, in brilliant laser light.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 29 Minutes
Set List:
1. N Sync - Pop
2. Pink - Get This Party Started
3. The Beatles - Beatles Medley
4. Smash Mouth - Im A Believer
5. Sting - Desert Rose
6. The Beach Boys - Beach Boys Medley
7. The B52s - Cosmic Thing
8. ‘N Sync - Digital Get Down
9. 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
Laser Queen
Queen's epic songs provided a soundtrack to the 70s and 80s. Laser Queen was inspired by these Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, and combines their biggest hit songs with intense laser programming for one heck of a show.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 52 Minutes
Set List:
1. We Will Rock You
2. Bicycle Race
3. Another One Bites The Dust
4. Best Friend (LUMIA)
5. Flash
6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
7. Somebody To Love (BEAMS)
8. I Want It All
9. Stone Cold Crazy
10. Princes Of The Universe
11. Killer Queen
12. Bohemian Rhapsody (BEAMS)
13. We Are The Champions
--- ENCORES ---
14. Fat Bottomed Girls
15. Under Pressure (BEAMS)
Laser Spirit
AVI is proud to present a laser program that celebrates the accomplishments and dreams of humanity. Utilizing a wonderful mix of pop, classic rock, oldies, adult contemporary, and patriotic music, Laser Spirit is a motivating laser show that will make you proud to be a visionary, idealist, achiever, and American. This program is accompanied with stirring laser effects and beautiful background artwork and images that all come together to produce an uplifting and inspirational experience. Visitors of all ages will enjoy this fun and unique laser presentation!
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 42 Minutes
Set List:
1. John Wiliams - Summon the Heroes
2. U2 - Beautiful Day
3. Madonna - Music
4. The Beatles - Beatles Medley
5. Gloria Estafan - Reach
6. Yanni - Santorini
7. The B-52s - Rock Lobster
8. Icicle Works - Birds Fly
9. Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
10. Patriotic Medley
a. Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
b. Lee Greenwood - America the Beautiful
c. Lee Greenwood - God Bless the USA
Laser U2
AVI is proud to present an entertainment laser show featuring one of the greatest bands of the last three decades, featuring U2s timeless classic and modern hits. This musical concert is set against a backdrop of the latest laser art. Your eyes and ears will be your guides into an immersive journey through this British bands rise and success!
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 50 Minutes
Set List:
1. Where the Streets Have No Name
2. I Will Follow
3. Beautiful Day
4. Sunday, Bloody Sunday
5. October
6. The Fly
7. Mysterious Ways
8. Pride
9. Zoo Station
10. With or Without You
11. Desire
12. New Years Day
Laser Vinyl
This is what laser shows are all about! AVI proudly presents Laser Vinyl—a program that captures the pure intent of the laser show experience. Accompanying a fantastic musical concert representing the best of classic rock is some of the most beautiful and stunning laser art ever produced! Reminisce, tap your feet and enjoy a truly fantastic audio-visual event that will rock your body, mind and soul!
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 42 Minutes
Set List:
1. AC/DC - Back in Black
2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Karn Evil 9
3. Van Halen - Jump
4. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
5. Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son
6. Kiss - Rock-n-Roll All Night
7. Aerosmith - Dream On
8. Boston - Rock-n-Roll Band
9. Journey - Separate Ways
10. Pink Floyd - One Of These Days
Laser X
"The top alternative songs of the 90s helped usher in a major cultural shift, as serious-minded, image-free bands blew hair metal and pop off the airwaves almost overnight. Many of these bands have gone on to become the new ruling class of rock ‘n roll in the years, and decades, that followed." – AOL Radio
Recommended Age: 14*+
Run Time: 45 Minutes
*Show contains some mature themes and language. Parental discretion advised
Set List:
1. Stabbing Westward - Lost
2. Rage Against the Machine - Bulls On Parage
3. Smashing Pumpkins - Zero
4. Girl Against Boys - Park Avenue
5. Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
6. Alice in Chains - Would
7. Garbage - Push It
8. Chris Cornell - Sunshower
9. Gravity Kills - Guilty
10. Stabbing Westward - Shame
11. The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin Beats
12. Rammstein - Du Hast
13. White Zombie - More Human Than Human
Laser Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin is proclaimed by many critics to be the progenitors of heavy metal and hard rock, and their individualistic style reset the standards for many musical genres in the 1960s and ‘70s. Indeed, they have been hailed as one of the most successful, innovative and influential bands, alongside Pink Floyd, U2 and the Beatles. Now you can relive the magical sounds of Led Zeppelin while enjoying a visual treat of custom laser imagery.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 51 Minutes
Set List:
1. Song Remains the Same
2. Over the Hills and Far Away
3. Good Times, Bad Times
4. Immigrant Song
5. No Quarter
6. Black Dog
7. Livin, Lovin Maid
8. Kashmir
9. Stairway to Heaven
10. Whole Lotta Love
11. Rock -n- Roll
LaseRetro
Do you tear up when you hear “Thanks, Mean Joe?” Do you wonder “Wheres the beef?” Do you think Max Headroom is the greatest political commentator of all time? Then this is the laser show for you! AVI is proud to present a tribute to the great anthems of the 1980s with LaseRetro. Astonishing laser art is coupled with upbeat rock and pop songs from one of the most exciting periods in mainstream music: the ‘80s! With the latest and most advanced programming techniques used to create spectacular and striking laser effects, LaseRetro will become a favorite with everyone!
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 48 Minutes
Set List:
1. Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe
2. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
3. The Police - Message In A Bottle
4. New Order - Blue Monday
5. Duran Duran - Rio
6. The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
7. Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
8. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (are made of these)
9. The Cure - Just Like Heaven
10. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
11. Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)
12. INXS - New Sensation
13. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
Laseropolis
Ancient towers hide the symbols that will transport you to new experiences of sight and sounds. Should you survive the journey through the four space-time pillars, a portal will be opened into a previously unseen and unheard dimension! Laseropolis is an eclectic mix of musical themes surveying pop, rock, alternative and oldies.
Recommended Age: 10+
Run Time: 47 Minutes
Set List:
1. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Karn Evil 9
2. Alanis Morrisette - Head Over Feet
3. The B-52s - Rock Lobster
4. Prodigy - Firestarter
5. The Church - Under the Milky Way
6. Future Sounds of London - Papua New Guinea
7. No Doubt - Spiderwebs
8. Boston - Foreplay
9. Oasis - Champagne Supernova
10. R.E.M. - End of the World (as we know it)
11. Creed - Torn
12. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
13. Pink Floyd - One of These Days
Metallica
Considered to be one of the pioneering groups in what would become the heavy metal genre, the musicianship and force of this band has been hailed by critics and fans worldwide. Now Metallicas tempos, instrumentals, themes and sound are joined with laser lights of the same caliber and style. Your pulse and body will pound as the music fills both your ears and eyes.
Recommended Age: 14*+
Run Time: 45 Minutes
*Show contains some mature themes and language. Parental discretion advised
Set List:
1. For Whom the Bell Tolls
2. Aint My Bitch
3. Fuel
4. One
5. Nothing Else Matters
6. Master of Puppets
7. Unforgiven II
8. Sad But True
9. Enter Sandman
Pink Floyd — Dark Side of the Moon
Based on Pink Floyds 1973 album of humanitarian, political and philosophical empathy, Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most startling and bizarre laser light shows of all time! Considered by many critics to be the album that brought the commercial breakthrough to Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon offers a mixture of psychedelic, rock and jazz sounds. Its sonic backdrops and atmospheric soundscapes combined with a unique assortment of sound effects yield an emotional resonance. When accompanied by a diverse and unusual display of laser art, the overall feel is a dramatic and haunting atmosphere.
Recommended Age: 14*+
Run Time: 45 Minutes
*Show contains some mature themes and language. Parental discretion advised
Set List:
1. Speak to Me
2. Breathe
3. On the Run
4. Time
5. The Great Gig in the Sky
6. Money
7. Us and Them
8. Any Colour You Like
9. Brain Damage
10. Eclipse
Pink Floyd — The Wall
Truly the mother of all laser-light shows and a cult favorite throughout the world! Considered to be one of the best classic rock albums of all time, The Wall is best considered as a continual story rather than a collection of individual songs. It tells the tale of a rock star named Pink and his downward spiral into madness. To the listener, and indeed many critics, The Wall is a gripping and spellbinding musical journey—beautiful, haunting, powerful and thought provoking. It is a timeless classic, and one of Pink Floyds best, becoming the groups second best seller behind Dark Side of the Moon. Now coupled with spectacular and mesmerizing laser art, Pink Floyds classic 1979 epic about personal struggle takes on a unique look, weaving its story in one of the most popular laser shows ever produced! Visitors will become lost and spellbound as their senses join this timeless journey.
Recommended Age: 14*+
Run Time: 45 Minutes
*Show contains some mature themes and language. Parental discretion advised
Set List:
1. In the Flesh
2. The Thin Ice
3. Another Brick in the Wall (Part I)
4. The Happiest Days of our Lives
5. Another Brick in the Wall (part II)
6. Mother
7. Goodbye Blue Sky
8. Empty Spaces
9. Young Lust
10. Another Brick in the Wall (Part III)
11. Hey You
12. Pink Floyd
13. Comfortably Numb
14. Stop
15. The Trial
16. Run Like Hell
Museum of Texas Tech University
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Address
3301 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79415 -
Phone
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Email
museum.texastech@ttu.edu