Join Dr. John Keller, Fiske Planetarium Director and Teaching Professor in Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, for an evening of immersion and new films at the largest and highest resolution digital full dome theater in the Rockies. 

Keller will share stories about chasing occultation shadows of a binary asteroid system for NASA's Lucy Mission, provide an update on Fiske's NASA Science Activation project Science through Shadows, and share plans for Fiske's upcoming 50th anniversary in 2025.

SEPTEMBER 26 at 7PM (talk + premiere of Destination Mars) 

Ever wonder what it would be like to fly to Mars? NASA and other space agencies have their sights set on the Red Planet and they’re building the technology to get us there! Get an up-close look at humanity’s most epic endeavor. Explore the work being done around the globe to help make the dream of getting humans to Mars a reality. Fly through the International Space Station, where astronauts are already living and working in space, and follow the rockets and vehicles that will take humans beyond the Moon and, one day, all the way to Mars! Travel along as we imagine this remarkable journey.

This film is narrated by former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison and Emmy-award winning actor Keith David and includes original music by Claudio Ragazzi, a Grammy Award-winning professor at Boston’s Berklee College of Music.

SEPTEMBER 27 at 7PM (talk + premiere of One Sky) 

One Sky Project is an international collaboration focused on increasing understanding about cultural and indigenous astronomy, its historical and modern applications, and how our One Sky connects us all.

We'll visit ancient Greece and find patterns in the Forge of Artemis; measure time with the Diné, or Navajo people to seek the Thunderbird; explore 18th-century India in Jai Singh’s Dream; journey with First People of what is now northern Canada in a Celestial Canoe; visit Japan to find the patterns of the Samurai and Stars; and venture out into the ocean with Hawaiian navigator in Wayfinders.