Date: February 17-19, 2026
Audience: Grades 5-8
Location: McAuliffe Center and FSU Planetarium
Date: Tuesday, February 17
Time: 1:00PM - 5:00PM
Audience: Grades 5-8
Location: McAuliffe Center
Activity: Destination Moon
Planetarium: Destination Mars
Destination Moon satellite challenge from the Challenger Learning Center’s Mission Control and interactive planetarium program including the Destination Mars full-dome film. For individual participants in grades 5-8 during February School Vacation. REGISTER / More information.
Date: Wednesday, February 18
Time: 9:00AM - 2:00PM
Audience: Grades 5-8
Location: McAuliffe Center
Activity: Expedition Mars
Planetarium: Undiscovered Worlds
Expedition Mars space mission simulation in the Challenger Learning Center, including brand-new VR briefings, and interactive planetarium program including the Undiscovered Worlds full-dome film. For individual participants in grades 5-8 during February School Vacation. REGISTER / More information.
Date: Thursday, February 19
Time: 9:00AM - 1:30PM
Audience: Grades 5-8
Location: McAuliffe Center
Activity: Be a Health Scientist!
Planetarium: Mars: The Ultimate Voyage
Be a Health Scientist! hands-on activities and interactive planetarium program including the Mars: The Ultimate Voyage full-dome film. For individual participants in grades 5-8 during February School Vacation. REGISTER / More information.
Date: Friday, February 20
Times: 1:30PM, 2:30PM and 3:30PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Join us February 20 to experience one or more planetarium films: Habitat Earth, Dynamic Earth, and Big Astronomy! Purchase Tickets / More Information.
Date: Friday, February 20
Time: 1:30PM-2:15PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Living networks connect and support life forms large and small—from colonies of tiny microbes and populations of massive whales to ever-expanding human societies. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, February 20
Time: 2:30PM-3:15PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Dynamic Earth explores the inner workings of Earth’s great life support system: the global climate. With visualizations based on satellite monitoring data and advanced supercomputer simulations, this cutting-edge production follows a trail of energy that flows from the Sun into the interlocking systems that shape our climate: the atmosphere, oceans, and the biosphere. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, February 20
Time: 3:30PM-4:15PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Take a journey through observatories used by professional astronomers in the gorgeous mountains of Chile, one of the best astronomical observing locations on Earth. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Tuesday, February 24
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: All Ages
Location: May Hall, FSU
Use telescopes to the night sky! FREE! No registration required - More information.
Date: Friday, February 27
Time: 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Audience: University Wide Event
Location: McCarthy Center Forum
Come meet NASA Astronaut Bob Hines. Bob has served as a mission specialist on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission, having logged a total of 170 days in space during Expedition 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station. RSVP on ramlink / More information
Date: Friday, February 27
Time: 5:00PM-6:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Follow three young flies as they inadvertently stowaway aboard Apollo 11 and join Neil, Buzz, and Michael on their mission to pull off the very first moon landing! Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, February 27
Time: 6:30PM-7:30PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Our climate, our ecosystems, and the human-induced damage caused to both of them are explored in depth. Dive into a friendly introduction to the changes imposed upon our planet's climate, how we measure them, and what we can do about it. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Saturday, February 28
Time: 5:00PM-6:00PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
This show celebrates Pink Floyd’s iconic album on the anniversary of its release. Join us for an evening in the planetarium to experience Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Saturday, February 28
Time: 6:30PM-7:30PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
This show celebrates Pink Floyd’s iconic album on the anniversary of its release. Join us for an evening in the planetarium to experience Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Thursday, March 5
Time: 5:00PM - 6:00PM
Audience: All Ages
Location: Hybrid: Alumni Room, McCarthy Center and Online via Zoom
The Christa McAuliffe Center invites multigenerational audiences to a series of conversations that will explore key formative moments in the life of Christa McAuliffe; examine the historical context of the 1986 Challenger mission; and reflect on the lessons learned from the tragedy. More Information / Register for Zoom
Date: Friday, March 27
Time: 5:00PM-6:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Do Earth-like planets exist elsewhere in the universe? Travel to distant stars and fly up close to exotic planets. Experience the science shifting our perspective on humanity’s place in the cosmos. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, March 27
Time: 6:30PM-7:30PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
This show celebrates Pink Floyd’s iconic album ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, originally released in March 1973. Join us for an evening in the planetarium to experience Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, March 27
Time: 7:30PM - 8:45PM
Audience: All Ages
Location: May Hall, FSU
Use telescopes to the night sky! FREE! No registration required - More information.
SAVE THE DATE!
Date: Saturday, April 25
Time: 12:00PM - 3:00PM
Audience: All Ages
Location: McAuliffe Center and O’Connor Parking Lot
Attend our annual free science festival for families and learners of all ages! Explore science, technology, engineering, and math and the ways they support environmental justice, renewable energy, and environmental sustainability! Rain or Shine! In case of bad weather all exhibits will move indoors. Official festival webpage
Date: Tuesday, April 28
Time: 8:15PM - 9:30PM
Audience: All Ages
Location: May Hall, FSU
Use telescopes to the night sky! FREE! No registration required - More information.
Date: Friday, May 22
Time: 5:00PM-6:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Take a journey through observatories used by professional astronomers in the gorgeous mountains of Chile, one of the best astronomical observing locations on Earth. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, May 22
Time: 6:30PM-7:30PM
Audience: Ages 13+
Location: FSU Planetarium
This show celebrates Pink Floyd’s iconic album ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, originally released in March 1973. Join us for an evening in the planetarium to experience Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, May 22
Time: 8:45PM - 10:00PM
Audience: All Ages
Location: May Hall, FSU
Use telescopes to the night sky! FREE! No registration required - More information.
