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Opens tomorrow at the Exploratorium


By James Salazar | Examiner staff writer |

Feb 13, 2025 Updated 13 hrs ago - San Francisco Examiner


The Exploratorium's "Look Up: Eclipse, Moon, and Mars" exhibition features a detailed replica of Mars printed from high-resolution NASA imagery, allowing guests to take in every canyon, volcano and crater found on the planet.


The upcoming spring exhibition at San Francisco’s Exploratorium, opening Saturday, invites museum patrons to immerse themselves in the wonders of space exploration through a combination of art, technology and science.


“Look Up: Eclipse, Moon, and Mars” will give guests the opportunity to marvel at detailed replicas of the moon and Mars printed from high-resolution NASA imagery, and step into a room that simulates a total solar eclipse. Visitors will also be able to check out several of NASA’s Mars rovers, orbiters and telescopes sourced from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.


Exploratorium staff said the exhibition, scheduled to run through April 27, builds on the museum’s decades-long partnership with NASA, which has involved the two institutions teaming up over the years to livestream total solar eclipses from across the globe.


Exploratorium’s outer space exhibit encourages visitors to 'look up'


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