Welcome to the Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium's Twitter! Be sure to follow us for updates on events in the dome, as well as in the night sky!

Think Alan Shepard was the first American in space? Guess again! Say hello to Ham the astrochimp! on.fb.me/VxL8K1

The first song composed and recorded in space actually rocks. Watch it here: gizmo.do/s9YxqmM

Union Station is Open for special holiday attraction hours, activities, and pricing on Presidents' Day weekend! burl.co/20532AB #KC

NASA: #RussianMeteor is NOT related to DA14, the 50m asteroid passing by later today. Totally opposite trajectories! nasa.gov/topics/solarsy…

Comets, conjunctions, and clusters, oh my! Check out what's in the night sky during the month of March! ow.ly/1T6qOS

And I'm back in the game! I've resumed science investigations on Mars [status report] go.nasa.gov/16UhCRi

In case you missed yesterday's annular solar eclipse io9.com/a-gorgeous-com… (most of the world did; it was only visible around Australia!):