L. Russell Kelce Planetarium

04/16/2026

Join us next Saturday, April 25th @ 2:00 PM for our final show of the spring season! Enjoy a tour of the night sky followed by our feature presentation Forward! To the Moon! Kary Byron from Crash Test World and MythBusters launches us on a journey beyond the Earth towards a sustainable future in space. NASA's 21st century Artemis program (https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/), 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 (https://www.colorado.edu/fiske/) in collaboration with TEND Studio (https://tend.studio) with funding from NASA SSERVI (https:sservi.nasa.gov/) and Lockheed Martin (https://www.lockheedmartin.com).

Registration is free! To ensure that there are enough seats for all of our guests, please fill out a registration form for each member of your party, including children. Email addresses are only collected so we can inform you in case we need to cancel a show due to weather, presenter illness, or other unforeseen events. For children, please list an adults email address, you can use the same email address for multiple forms.

Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaBZNQBGAJoI5P1xh_3woaMrbvyhw5g3R_w8ppD61ryBhKeQ/viewform?usp=header

04/02/2026

Seats are still available!

Join us this Saturday, April 4th at 2:00 PM for a planetarium show! The show will start with a tour of the night sky followed by our feature presentation Mars: The Ulitmate Voyage! Ever wondered what it will take for astronauts to travel to the Moon, Mars, and beyond? On this long journey, what challenges will astronauts face? How will they stay motivated and healty on their spacecraft so far away from Earth? This Bell Museum original planetarium production explores these questions and more!

To ensure there are enough seats for everyone, registration is required, but is free. Please fill out a form for each member of your party. The registration form closes automatically when all seats are filled. Please only register if you are certain you will attend. The registration form will tell you have many seats are remaining so you can make sure there are enough for everyone in your party before filling out the forms.

Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQ5WSx5BYCbAC4lWMhSrcv0cNSERTGNgwBxFoQtGlsNiMjNQ/viewform?usp=header

The work for Mars: The Ultimate Voyage was funded by a NASA Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) Award 80NSSC20M0028 to the Bell Museum through the Regents of the University of Minnesota

03/31/2026

Join us this Saturday, April 4th at 2:00 PM for a planetarium show! The show will start with a tour of the night sky followed by our feature presentation Mars: The Ulitmate Voyage! Ever wondered what it will take for astronauts to travel to the Moon, Mars, and beyond? On this long journey, what challenges will astronauts face? How will they stay motivated and healty on their spacecraft so far away from Earth? This Bell Museum original planetarium production explores these questions and more!

To ensure there are enough seats for everyone, registration is required, but is free. Please fill out a form for each member of your party. The registration form closes automatically when all seats are filled. Please only register if you are certain you will attend. The registration form will tell you have many seats are remaining so you can make sure there are enough for everyone in your party before filling out the forms.

Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQ5WSx5BYCbAC4lWMhSrcv0cNSERTGNgwBxFoQtGlsNiMjNQ/viewform?usp=header

The work for Mars: The Ultimate Voyage was funded by a NASA Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) Award 80NSSC20M0028 to the Bell Museum through the Regents of the University of Minnesota