Moon to Mars

Blast off with Moon to Mars, a new interactive STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) exhibit at Long Island Children’s Museum. Created by the Omaha Children’s Museum and designed with support from NASA’s Deep Space Exploration Systems at Johnson Space Center, this exhibit will transport children to a world of possibilities about space travel. Young guests will be inspired by the current realities and future dreams of interplanetary travel while experiencing firsthand the diversity of talent and experience that a team requires to make space exploration a reality. Museum explorers will design and fly their own rocket, hover high above another planet in our Orion Spacecraft, experience what it feels like to walk in a reduced gravity environment and navigate the new terrain in the Lunar Rover. The Moon to Mars exhibit features six immersive areas, tailored to specific types of play, including physical, social, inquisitive and creative.

Additional hands-on activities will take place throughout the exhibit run, including:

For opening weekend (January 18 & 19), visitors will make their own Orion spacecraft (Blast Off!) and a Mars Rover (Red Rover Red Rover). Both activities will run from 1-3 p.m. Additional hands-on activities will take place throughout the exhibit run, including:

Pluto Day Play (Sunday, February 16 from 1-3 p.m.) – Learn all about this tiny but mighty planet and make an interstellar Pluto portrait to bring home.

Digitalis Planetarium – (Monday, February 17-Friday, February 21) – The Digitalis Planetarium is on display at LICM this week with help from the Cradle of Aviation! In this portable, inflatable planetarium dome, discover the majesty of the stars and our universe during a 30-minute presentation led by a trained educator from the Cradle of Aviation. Four planetarium performances will be offered each day.

My Favorite Martian (Monday, February 17 – Friday, February 21 from Noon to 2 p.m.) Contemplate the existence of life on other planets by making an alien friend to take home.

Blast Off! (Sunday, February 23 from 1-3 p.m.) – Orion is a very special spacecraft that was built to carry astronauts into deep space missions farther than ever before. Launch into fun by making your own flying Orion spacecraft.

STEM Explorers: Engineers Week (Saturday, Feb 22 from noon to 2 p.m.)-Discover the secrets of the solar system and imagine what lies beyond our planet! This program is made possible with the support of National Grid.