Thanks to Buhler Grade School and principal Kurt Geilenfeldt for inviting me out to present 8 #planetarium shows to all their classes today. The students were being rewarded for great work they'd done on a recent fundraiser! #portableplanetarium #adastra #buhlerks

A great day presenting my "Solar System Sojourn" #planetarium show to the students at Holy Cross Lutheran School in Wichita! #portableplanetarium #adastra #wichitaks

Another great telescope observing session with Augusta Middle School last night! In addition to the Orion Nebula, the Pleaides Star Cluster, and the ISS, we saw half of the planets in our solar system: Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, and Earth (by looking down). #astronomy #planetarium

A few inspirational space-related quotes I spotted during a recent trip back to EPCOT in Florida. #planetarium #portableplanetarium #space #quotes #epcot

Teaser photos for a brand-new dome program in the works for later this year.... More to come! #planetarium #portableplanetarium #adastra #moonlightsonata #musicunderthestars

During my Hadley Rich shows for Westwood Elementary in Junction City, KS today, we talked (among many other things) about the upcoming Artemis 2 mission--and learned how to find the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon, which is where Apollo 11 landed in 1969! #portableplanetarium

Thanks to Washington Elementary School in Junction City for having me out to present #planetarium shows to their amazing students today! #portableplanetarium #adastra #junctioncityks #washingtonelementary

Day 1 of #planetarium shows for The Classical School in Wichita. It's always fun to come back to the same school to cover new material! Looking forward to more shows tomorrow. #portableplanetarium #adastra #wichitaks #classicalschool

#Planetarium shows for The Classical School, day 2! Today we covered everything from astrobiology to the connections between astronomy and music. Thanks again to the school for having me back this year! #portableplanetarium #adastra #wichitaks

Video I took last night of the Moon. First clip includes the "Sea of Tranquility" where Armstrong and Aldrin first set foot in 1969. Second shows lunar south pole, where future moonwalkers may land. Looking forward to this Wednesday's Artemis II launch!! #adastra #artemis

Having a great time yesterday and today presenting planetarium shows for the students at Earhart Environmental Magnet Elementary School in Wichita. And of course we're talking a lot about tonight's Artemis II launch! #planetarium #portableplanetarium #adastra #wichitaks #artemis

Thanks to Eugene Ware Elementary in Fort Scott, Kansas for having me out to present 9 #planetarium shows for their students today! #portableplanetarium #adastra #fortscottks #eugenewareelementary

Was back at Cedar Hills Elementary in Overland Park this morning to present #planetarium shows to their wonderful 1st graders. Thanks to librarian Amanda Schwabauer for inviting me back! #portableplanetarium #adastra #overlandparkks

THERE ARE PEOPLE FLYING AROUND THE MOON RIGHT NOW THERE ARE PEOPLE FLYING AROUND THE MOON RIGHT NOW (I was born 2 months after Apollo 17 and have been waiting my entire life for this. Godspeed Artemis II!) #planetarium #portableplanetarium #moon #artemis #spaceflight

Back in 2017 my daughter, Vivian, won a NASA kids' art contest and had her drawing displayed on the International Space Station. The events of this week reminded me that one of the spacecraft in her drawing was the Orion capsule, currently being flown by the Artemis II crew!

Had a great morning presenting #planetarium shows for 1st graders of the Seaman School District at Logan Elementary in Topeka. We spent part of our time talking about the recent #Artemis II mission and re-creating the view the astronauts saw out the window of their spacecraft!

Thanks to Discovery Intermediate School in Goddard, KS for having me out yesterday to present #planetarium shows to their wonderful 6th grade classes! #portableplanetarium #adastra #goddardks USD265_Discovery

Thanks to teacher Kate Talley for having me back to present #planetarium shows to her STEAM students at Elmont Elementary in Topeka today! We spent part of our time watching some fulldome footage (courtesy the Lohman Planetarium) of the Artemis II liftoff. #portableplanetarium

A few clips from an experiment I undertook last Friday--a #concert of live keyboard #music in the portable #planetarium, surrounded by #fulldome imagery. Thanks to those who came to be my test audience! Hoping to present a longer version of this program sometime in fall.

Cross-posted from my music composition channel... a #timelapse video with original #music showing the phases of the moon during the time of the Artemis II mission. Amazing to think that there are actually people flying around the moon in some of those shots! #astrophotography