Space Fest: Love Letter to Earth | Bell Museum

What makes Earth so special?

It’s a pale blue dot. It’s a Goldilocks planet. It’s a blue marble.

Kick off the weekend on Friday, February 13 for our late night Star Party or join us during the day on Saturday, February 14 and Sunday, February 15 to explore our planet, Earth. We’ll take a look at what makes Earth “just right,” how we learn about it from space, and what we can do to be good stewards of our special planet. Throughout the weekend we’ll have talks, hands-on activities, and researchers in the museum!

Dioramas: A View of Earth from Space
Saturday, February 14 | 10 am–4 pm

Create a mini-diorama of a view of earth as seen from space. Craft a top-down scene of your home, a place you want to visit someday, or one whole hemisphere of the Earth and Moon!

Love Letters to Earth
Saturday, February 14 | 10 am–4 pm

This year, we’re connecting as a community around our common love for the natural world, and exploring how we can find hope in crisis and imagine new futures for our climate. Create your own love letter to Earth and check out love letters to our home planet that were written by Bell Museum members!

Astronaut Bob Cabana
Saturday, February 14

Presentation – 1:15–2:00 pm
Meet & Greet – 2:15–3:45 pm

Robert Cabana is a former NASA Astronaut and retired Marine pilot and test pilot with over 7,000 hours in over 50 different types of aircraft.

Full details for our annual weekend-long astronomy celebration, here.