Awesome Light: Discoveries from the Telescopes of Maunakea
Experience ‘Imiloa’s 3D stereoscopic technology and learn about the new discoveries being made daily by the observatories atop Maunakea. Awesome Light: Discoveries from the Telescopes of Maunakea includes a live, in-depth sky presentation of stars, constellations and planets visible in the night sky. It also showcases the Hawaiian star lines used in traditional celestial navigation. The show is available daily at 2:00 p.m. Free with admission.
IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System
Join scientists who are investigating the boundary between our Solar System and the rest of our galaxy with IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System. Follow the creation of NASA's 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 System's 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 mission's discoveries. The show will be playing daily at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.
IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System
Join scientists who are investigating the boundary between our Solar System and the rest of our galaxy with IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System. Follow the creation of NASA's 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 System's 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 mission's discoveries. The show will be playing daily at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.
Low Earth Orbit and Beyond
Free Talk ‘Between the Moon and Mars: The Near Earth Object Factor’
Hilo, Hawai‘i –Join NASA engineer Rob Landis, Saturday February 6 at 7 p.m. in the ‘Imiloa Planetarium as he discusses NASA’s Constellation Program that may return astronauts to the Moon a decade from now and beyond. The NASA hardware developed for lunar missions could also be used to visit a near-Earth object (NEO) such as an asteroid. His talk, entitled “Between the Moon and Mars: The NEO Factor” is free to the public. Space is limited to a first come first serve basis.