• Moonbase: The Next Step

    Moonbase: The Next Step
    Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

    From the moment mankind first set foot on the Moon in 1969 we have dreamed of making a base there. In the next 10 years humans will return to the Moon with the Artemis missions and develop a sustained, strategic presence near the lunar South Pole. The Moon will become our first ‘staging post’ from […]

  • Earth, Moon, and Sun

    Earth, Moon, and Sun
    Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

    Earth, Moon, & Sun is a fast-paced full dome demonstration of lunar phases, eclipses, day and night, the sun and other puzzling events with the help of a confused coyote. This program beautifully illustrates basic concepts like moon phases and seasons. Based on the trickster of Native American lore, Coyote is constantly corrected in his misunderstandings […]

  • Dark Side of the Moon: 50 Years in a Heartbeat

    Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

    Pink Floyd’s iconic album The Dark Side Of The Moon, originally released in March 1973, turned 50 in 2023, and what more fitting a place to celebrate it and experience it than in a Planetarium, through the music set to visuals? With the help of modern technology, the idea of a show combining breath-taking views of […]

  • Magic Treehouse: Space Mission

    Magic Treehouse: Space Mission
    Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

    Travel with the brother-sister duo, Jack and Annie, in their Magic Treehouse as they discover a note that asks them to answer a series of six questions about space. With the help of an astronomer, the Internet, an astronaut, books and the writer of the mysterious note, Jack and Annie are taken on a wondrous journey […]

  • 3-2-1 Liftoff!

    Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

    Elon the hamster loves science and doing experiments, which often fail in practice. One day Elon hears a crash. In his garden, he finds a crater with a damaged robot named 8 of 12 inside. How did it get here? Elon fixes the robot and finds out that he fell from a spaceship. Does Elon have […]

  • Moonbase: The Next Step

    Moonbase: The Next Step
    Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

    From the moment mankind first set foot on the Moon in 1969 we have dreamed of making a base there. In the next 10 years humans will return to the Moon with the Artemis missions and develop a sustained, strategic presence near the lunar South Pole. The Moon will become our first ‘staging post’ from […]

  • Earth, Moon, and Sun

    Earth, Moon, and Sun
    Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

    Earth, Moon, & Sun is a fast-paced full dome demonstration of lunar phases, eclipses, day and night, the sun and other puzzling events with the help of a confused coyote. This program beautifully illustrates basic concepts like moon phases and seasons. Based on the trickster of Native American lore, Coyote is constantly corrected in his misunderstandings […]

  • Dark Side of the Moon: 50 Years in a Heartbeat

    Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

    Pink Floyd’s iconic album The Dark Side Of The Moon, originally released in March 1973, turned 50 in 2023, and what more fitting a place to celebrate it and experience it than in a Planetarium, through the music set to visuals? With the help of modern technology, the idea of a show combining breath-taking views of […]

  • One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure

    Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

    Explore the night sky with your favorite friends from Sesame Street in One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure. Follow along with Big Bird, Elmo and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, as they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth. They explore […]

  • Moonbase: The Next Step

    Moonbase: The Next Step
    Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

    From the moment mankind first set foot on the Moon in 1969 we have dreamed of making a base there. In the next 10 years humans will return to the Moon with the Artemis missions and develop a sustained, strategic presence near the lunar South Pole. The Moon will become our first ‘staging post’ from […]

  • Earth, Moon, and Sun

    Earth, Moon, and Sun
    Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

    Earth, Moon, & Sun is a fast-paced full dome demonstration of lunar phases, eclipses, day and night, the sun and other puzzling events with the help of a confused coyote. This program beautifully illustrates basic concepts like moon phases and seasons. Based on the trickster of Native American lore, Coyote is constantly corrected in his misunderstandings […]

  • Dark Side of the Moon: 50 Years in a Heartbeat

    Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

    Pink Floyd’s iconic album The Dark Side Of The Moon, originally released in March 1973, turned 50 in 2023, and what more fitting a place to celebrate it and experience it than in a Planetarium, through the music set to visuals? With the help of modern technology, the idea of a show combining breath-taking views of […]