Intrepid Museum Presents Astronomy Night

Free Fridays are back! The Intrepid Museum is once again extending its hours free of charge on Friday, April 25 from 5:00pm-9:00pm. Don’t miss special programming during Free Fridays, including the Museum’s Astronomy Night, part of the Astro Live Series.

Astronomy Nights are FREE and feature fun-filled and educational experiences for the whole family, including talks from astronauts, engineers, and scientists and activities & demos led by Museum educators.

This month, hear from scientists and engineers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory working on NASA's groundbreaking Parker Solar Probe! This spacecraft is revolutionizing our understanding of heliophysics through its mission to “touch the Sun" by gradually orbiting closer to the Sun’s surface than any before it. At its closest approach, the spacecraft will fly just 4 million miles above the Sun's surface, facing brutal heat and radiation to provide humanity with unprecedented observations to expand our knowledge of the origin and evolution of solar wind.

Livestreaming of the featured presentation will be available if you can't make it in person to the Intrepid Museum. View the live event on or .

* American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be available for the demonstration, featured speaker, and some of the educator cart.

Doors will open promptly at 5:00pm, Last entry to the Museum is at 8:30 pm (doors are subject to close earlier, entry is not guaranteed). All visitors must enter through the Welcome Center to receive a free ticket prior to entering the Museum.

Astro Live is supported through a NASA Cooperative Agreement awarded to the New York Space Grant Consortium.

The program is also supported, in part, by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Info: (Ongoing) Families and visitors with young children are also invited to participate in drop-in activities throughout the night in Hangar 3! Design a Solar Probe that can research the Sun and withstand the heat of the Sun’s corona, and create galaxy artwork inspired by images taken by the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes.

Info: (Ongoing) Talk with a museum educator about the Parker Solar Probe and other NASA spacecraft. *ASL will be provided for a portion of the night.

Info: Learn what would happen if an astronaut forgot their spacesuit in the vacuum of space in this interactive demonstration. *ASL will be provided.

Info: Hear from expert scientists and engineers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory who are working on NASA's groundbreaking Parker Solar Probe! Livestreaming of the conversation will be available on Facebook and YouTube if you can't make it in person to the Intrepid Museum. *ASL will be provided.

Info: Explore the cosmos with observers from the Amateur Astronomers Association and Unistellar. Backed by partnerships with renowned scientific organizations such as NASA and SETI Institute, Unistellar contributes to cutting-edge research on astronomical phenomena, including exoplanets, asteroids, comets, and more. (Weather Pending)

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