Super Solar Eclipse Saturday (Featuring Astronaut Ron Garan!)
Get ready for the Solar Eclipse on April 8 with a special talk by former NASA astronaut Ron Garan! Join this Yonkers native for an awe-inspiring view of space and unbelievable stories from the International Space Station, and hear how impending eclipses continue to reveal deep truths about our planet’s rare place in the cosmos.
Plus, pick up signed copies of Garan’s books Railroad to the Moon, The Orbital Perspective, and Floating in Darkness—A Journey of Evolution, take part in special workshops and storytimes, observe the Sun with solar telescopes (weather permitting), and experience the planetarium show Moonbase: The Next Step. Don’t forget to secure a pair of HRM eclipse viewing glasses in the Museum Shop (while supplies last).
This event is part of #HRMEclipse.
Schedule
- 11:30am — Planetarium Show: Moonbase: The Next Step
- 12–4pm — Observe the Sun with Solar Telescopes
- 12–4pm — Family Science Workshop: Eclipse Pinhole Viewer
- 12–4pm — Family Art & Science Workshop: Railroad to the Moon
- 12–4pm — Pop-Up Storytime: Railroad to the Moon
- 12:30pm — Expedition Space: Reach for the Stars with Astronaut Ron Garan — SOLD OUT
- 2pm — Planetarium Show: Moonbase: The Next Step
- 3:30pm — Planetarium Show: Moonbase: The Next Step
- 7pm — The Orbital Perspective: An Evening with Astronaut Ron Garan
This project is supported by a Market New York grant awarded to the Hudson River Museum of Westchester from Empire State Development and I LOVE NY/New York State’s Division of Tourism through the Regional Economic Development Council initiative.
Programs featuring Ron Garan are generously sponsored by Betsy May Stern with additional support from Yolanda F. Johnson, Christina O’Neill, and Orange Bank & Trust Company.
