Summer Event Series: Rocket Day
Saturday, July 25, 2026
10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Celebrate the science of space exploration on Rocket Day! Build physical or chemical rockets of your very own, then count down to blast-off when we launch a model rocket into the sky. We’re aiming high with physics, chemistry, imagination, and ingenuity!

Get Museum Tickets: https://ecotarium.org/event/rocket-day/

Events are included with admission!

Programs Schedule:

11:00 am — Science Discovery: Rocket Story Time
11:45 am — One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure (Planetarium full-dome movie)*
12:30 pm — Science Discovery: Rocket Launch!
1:15 pm — Astronomy Live! Satellites: A Space Oddity (Educator-led program in the planetarium)*
2:00 pm — Astronomy Live! Tour of the Solar System (Educator-led program in the planetarium)*
2:45 pm — Science Discovery: Exoplanets
3:30 pm — CAPCOM Go! The Apollo Story (Planetarium full-dome movie)
4:15 pm — Afternoon Astronomy

Ongoing Activities – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm:

Touch the Cosmos
Acid/Base Rockets
Stomp Rockets

* Requires a separate ticket that is not included with admission