This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, April 14, 2023. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time which is Central Daylight Time (CDT). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
Hand-painted Ceramic Statuette – Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin Today we celebrate the International Day of Human Space Flight with this statuette of the very first human in space. On April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin launched into space aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. He spent 108 minutes in space, orbiting the Earth at a speed… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, April 7, 2023. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time which is Central Daylight Time (CDT). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
Desert Rose – Collected from Mexico Do you see it? The rose-like formation of this gypsum mineral specimen? This is an example of desert rose, a cluster of gypsum with a unique growth pattern of flattened crystal “petals.” Those petals enclose sand grains as they grow, and fan open in a circular series of flat… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, March 29, 2023. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time which is Central Standard Time (CST). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
Sally Ride Barbie – Inspiring Women Series, 2019 This Barbie doll from the Inspiring Women Series honors astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. On June 18, 1983, she flew aboard the space shuttle Challenger STS-7 as the flight engineer on a week-long mission that earned her a place in history. She traveled… Continue reading
Hand-painted Ceramic Bust – Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova This week for Women’s History Month we are celebrating the brave woman depicted by this bust, Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. On June 16, 1963, the 26-year-old earned her place in history by becoming the first woman to fly in space. She orbited the Earth 48 times during her… Continue reading
Newspaper – Florida Times, July 9, 2019 Meet Hazel Banks, a clerk and stenographer who worked for NASA on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs up through Apollo 15. Banks started at NASA in 1965 in the procurement department working on contracts before moving to the flight training building at Kennedy Space Center to work… Continue reading
Spring Break is upon us and the Science Center is looking forward to welcoming you. To ensure you have a great time discovering science during this busy season, we want to make sure you’re prepared for your Science Center Spring Break visit. General Admission is FREE. Plan your visit. What do you want to explore?… Continue reading
