Plateau Astro

Montréal: the Full Moon will rise tonight at 8:33 PM (Sat, May 30)

Look southeast shortly after this time to see the Moon appear large and orange when low on the horizon

So, we didn’t make the Stanley Cup Finals

But this incredible playoff run and the most incredible human Moon mission of my life crossed paths. I’ll never forget April and May, 2026

Thanks Habs! And thanks Jeremy!

Yesterday's full day of planetarium shows had a fun twist: it was at Courtland Park International School, which is very close to the Canadian Space Agency!

Yesterday, 4 different students put up their hands to say "My mom/dad works there!"

And a few of those students said their parent worked with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Very fitting as we went inside the dome and recreated the launch, voyage, and lunar flyby of Artemis II.

ANOTHER JET FLYOVER

We’ll have *another* flyby of the Snowbirds over downtown Montreal on Monday evening. This time, to celebrate the Canadiens game.

MON, MAY 25
6:15 PM

JET FLYOVER ALERT: Sunday, May 24th at 3:45 PM

The Snowbirds will do a formation jet flyover of Notre Dame Island at the end of the national anthem for the F1 Grand Prix.

Included in the photos below are the flight paths from 2024 and 2025. It will definitely fly over Parc Jean Drapeau, but could cover parts of the Old Port, downtown, the Plateau, Rosemont, and more...

This will also be the last flight of the Snowbirds until 2030, as they'll be retiring the CT-114 Tutor planes they've been using for over 50 years. Catch it if you're an aviation geek!

Thursday morning, the Artemis II crew will be in town at the Canadian Space Agency.

You can watch the event live on the CSA page below starting at 11:30 AM ET.

I’ll be at the agency and will share some photos of the event. Should be fun!

CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen is coming back home with his Artemis II crewmates and CSA astronaut Jenni Gibbons!

We’ll be live from our headquarters on May 14 at 11:30 am (ET) for a Q&A with the five astronauts. Tune in on our YouTube or pages!

Big thanks to Sherbrooke Academy Senior for hosting me and my planetarium for 2 days this week. 220 students presented to inside of the dome!

My recent show recreates the Artemis II mission: liftoff, journey to the Moon, flyby, comms blackout, Earthset and Earthrise, and splashdown back home.

(And of course, showing Jeremy Hansen wearing a Habs shirt)

This feels like a high tide moment of space and science communication in Canada. So happy I get to play a small part in it.